RPC VII.1, 130

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 130
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 ΑΝ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀν(τώνιος) Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΑΡΙϹΤΟΝΕΙ ΓΕΡΜΗ
Edition ἐπὶ Ἀριστονεί(κου) Γερμη(νῶν)
Translation under Aristonikos, of the Germenians
Reverse design two nymphs standing facing with amphora between them, each emptying water jar resting on column
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 7.31 g
Axis 6
Reference Ehling 245
Specimens 4 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same obv. die as 87.2/2–4 (Miletopolis), 88/1 (Miletopolis), 109/1–3, 127/1–2, 128/1–2, 129/1, 131.1/1–14, 131.2/15, 137.1/1–5, 141.2/11–18, 24.

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ SNG vA 1121
2 2     CGT coll.
3 3     C. Rhodes coll. = Concordia Numismatic 7, 2 Sept. 2023, lot 599
4 4     C. Rhodes coll. = Bucephalus Numismatic Black 29, 24 Nov. 2023, lot 462