RPC VII.1, 131.1

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 131.1
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 ΑΡΙϹΤΟΝΕΙΚ ΓΕΡΜΗΝΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ Ἀριστονείκ(ου) Γερμηνῶν
Translation under Aristonikos, of the Germeans
Reverse design Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 7.88 g
Axis 6, 7, 12
Reference Ehling 246–7, 249
Specimens 16 (10 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–9: same pair of dies. 10–14: same pair of dies. 1–14: same obv. die as 87.2/2–4 (Miletopolis), 88/1 (Miletopolis), 109/1–3, 127/1–2, 128/1–2, 129/1, 130/1–3, 131.2/15, 137.1/1–5, 141.2/11–18, 24. 1–9: same rev. die as 109/1–3, 136/1, 141.1/1–5. 10–14: same rev. die as 141.1/6–10.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1844,0425.1532 BMC 34 = BMC Lydia 40
2 2     Warsaw: 59480
3 3     P: 360 SNG 1011
4 4     Hannover: 1964.20.9
5 5     Mu
6 6     P: 361 SNG 1012
7 7     ✸ B: 18262379, Löbb
8 8     SNG vA 1120
9 9     NY: 1944.100.42924
10 10     Mu
11 11     Cop SNG 147
12 12     A-KIKPE Pfälzer Privatslg. 1467
13 13     B: 18262380, Löbb
14 14     P: 356a SNG 1010
16 16     P-AIBL Fonds Robert 183
17 17     Afyon: 1800