RPC VII.1, 174

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 174
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 ΚΑΙ ΝΕΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΩΝ ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ
Edition ἐπὶ σ(τρατηγοῦ) Ἰουλ(ίου) Λογίσμου Περγαμηνῶν καὶ 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, at her feet, prow
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 43 mm
Average weight 42.26 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Franke & Nollé 1633–6; Kampman 103
Specimens 7 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–5: same pair of dies. 1–5: same obv. die as 163/1, 173.1/1–4, 173.2/5, 173.3/6–9.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     V: GR 35348
2 2     ✸ L: 1882,0506.78 BMC 350
3 3     Egger 41, 1912, lot 540
4 4     V-ON SNG Leypold I, 434 = Rauch 51, 1993, lot 366
5 5     Sofia cast in Berlin, Griechisches Münzwerk
6 6     Lanz 154, 11 June 2012, lot 440 = Gorny & Mosch 199, 10 Oct. 2011, lot 597 = Nomos 2, 18 May 2010, lot 208
7 7     Helios 5, 25 June 2010, lot 672 = van der Dussen 24, June 1995, lot 2798