RPC VII.1, 159

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 159
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Mysia
City Germe
Reign Gordian III
Magistrate Gaius Aurelius Apollonides (first archon)
Obverse inscription ΙΕΡΑ ϹΥΝΚΛΗΤΟϹ
Edition Ἱερὰ Σύνκλητος
Translation Sacred Senate
Obverse design draped bust of the Senate, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΔΟΥ ΑΡΧ Α ΓΕΡΜΗΝΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ Ἀπολλωνίδου ἄρχ(οντος) αʹ Γερμηνῶν
Translation under Apollonides, first archon of the Germenians
Reverse design Heracles seated left on rock with lion skin and club, facing male figure advancing right, holding stick; eagle flying above him
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 23.77 g
Axis 5
Reference Ehling 325
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 158/1–2, 160/1–4, 161/1, 162/1–5, RPC VIII 1009/1–2.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L BMC 9 = BMC Lydia 10 = LS p. 72, no. 11