RPC VII.1, 144

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 144
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Mysia
City Germe
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΓΕΡΜΗΝΩΝ
Edition Γερμηνῶν
Translation of the Germeans
Reverse design Heracles reclining left on lion's back, holding club and small Eros on his knees
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 3.88 g
Axis 7
Reference Ehling 287
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies. 1–2: same obv. die as 75/1–2 (Hadrianeia), 76/1–2 (Hadrianeia), 90/1–7 (Miletopolis), 91/1–6 (Miletopolis), 143/9–11.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Lanz 22, 1982, lot 802
2 2     SM 30 (1980), p. 94
3 3     C. Rhodes coll.