RPC VII.1, 161

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 161
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Mysia
City Germe
Reign Gordian III
Magistrate Aelius Aristonikos (strategos)
Obverse inscription ΙΕΡΑ ϹΥΝΚΛΗΤΟϹ
Edition Ἱερὰ Σύνκλητος
Translation Sacred Senate
Obverse design draped bust of the Senate, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ ΑΙΛ ΑΡΙϹΤΟΝΕΙΚΟΥ ΓΕΡΜΗΝΩ
Edition στρ(ατηγοῦ) Αἰλ(ίου) Ἀριστονείκου Γερμηνῶ(ν)
Translation under the 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 22.71 g
Axis 6
Reference Ehling 329
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 158/1–2, 159/1, 160/1–4, 162/1–5, RPC VIII 1009/1–2. 1: same rev. die as 157/1–2.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ V: GR 33843 LS p. 71, no. 10