RPC VII.1, 173.3

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 173.3
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Mysia
City Pergamum
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Magistrate Iulius Logismos (strategos)
Alliance with Nicomedia
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) 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 ΕΠΙ Ϲ ΙΟΥΛ ΛΟΓΙϹΜΟΥ ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ Κ ΝΕΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΩΝ ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ
Edition ἐπὶ σ(τρατηγοῦ) Ἰουλ(ίου) Λογίσμου Περγαμηνῶν κ(αὶ) Νεικομηδέων ὁμόνοια
Translation under strategos Julius Logismus, of the Pergamenes and Nicomedians, concord
Reverse design Asclepius standing facing, holding serpent-staff, next to Demeter standing facing, holding poppy and torch, both on galley with oars; on stern, helmsman
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 43 mm
Average weight 38.63 g
Axis 12
Reference Franke & Nollé 1630, 1632–32A; Kampman 102
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 6–9: same pair of dies. 6–9: same obv. die as 163/1, 173.1/1–4, 173.2/5, 174/1–5.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
6 6     Private coll. Baden-Württemberg
7 7     ✸ NY: 1944.100.43367
8 8     Finarte Casa D'Aste 995, 26 Nov. 1996, lot 1171 (C. Fontana coll.)
9 9     Arolsen, cast in Berlin, Griechisches Münzwerk