RPC VII.1, 157

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 157
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Mysia
City Germe
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus) ; Tranquillina (Augusta)
Magistrate Aelius Aristonikos (strategos)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΦΟΥΡ ϹΑ ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΛ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Φουρ(ία) Σα(βινία) Τρανκυλλ(ίνα)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Furia Sabinia Tranquillina
Obverse design confronted busts of Gordian III, laureate, draped and cuirassed, right, and of Tranquillina, diademed and draped, left
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ ΑΙΛ ΑΡΙϹΤΟΝΕΙΚΟΥ ΓΕΡΜΗΝΩ
Edition στρ(ατηγοῦ) Αἰλ(ίου) Ἀριστονείκου Γερμηνῶ(ν)
Translation under strategos Aelius Aristonikos, of the Germeans
Reverse design Cybele seated, left, holding patera and sceptre, resting arm on tympanum; lion on either side of her
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 38 mm
Average weight 20.82 g
Axis 6
Reference Ehling 305
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies. 1–2: same rev. die as 161/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1944.100.42929
2 2     Hirsch 13, 15 May 1905, lot 3306
3 3     M&M AG, list 431, 1981, lot 175