RPC VII.1, 125

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 125
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Mysia
City Germe
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Magistrate Aelius Aristonikos (strategos)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΑΙΛ ΑΡΙϹΤΟΝΕΙΚΟΥ ΓΕΡΜΗΝΩΝ
Reverse design Heracles wrestling with Nemean lion, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Axis 6
Reference Ehling 239–40
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies. 1–3: same obv. die as 104.2/2–3, 105/1–3, 106/1–2, 107.1/1–2, 7, 107.2/3–4, 108.2/3–11, 13, 114.1/1, 3–4, 114.2/2, 117/1, 118/1–2, 119/1–5, 120/1–2, 121.1/1–4, 122/1–3, 123/1, 124/1, 126/1. 1–2: same rev. die as 153/1–3.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18262368, Löbb
2 2     Mu
3 3     ✸ M&M AG, list 577, 1994, lot 9 = Leu EA 24, 3 Dec. 2022, lot 2125
4 4     CNG 90, 12 May 2012, lot 955 = Peus 366, 29 Oct. 2000, lot 576 (M. Burstein coll.) = Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles 5, 6 Apr. 2000, lot 3665
5 5     Heritage World Coin Auctions, NYINC Signature Sale 3038, 13 Jan. 2015, lot 33150