RPC VII.1, 139.2

 

Image of specimen #9

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 139.2
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Mysia
City Germe
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΤΝ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟ (sic)
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΓΕΡΜΗΝΩΝ
Reverse design Zeus seated, left, holding patera and sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Axis 6, 7, 12
Reference Ehling 273–4
Specimens 8 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 4–7: same pair of dies. 8–9: same pair of dies. 4–9: same obv. die as 135/1–2, 136/1, 140/1, 141.1/1–9.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
4 4     A: 1902/3 ΚΣΤ 2
5 5     Lindgren I, 730
6 6     Plankenhorn coll.
7 7     SNG vA 1122
8 8     Wendt-Numismatica XVII, 1977, lot 323 (Hollschek II)
9 9     ✸ M&M GmbH 15, 21 Oct. 2004, lot 478 (Righetti)
10 10     C. Rhodes coll.
11 11     C. Rhodes coll.