RPC VII.1, 176.2

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 176.2
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(Ο) Κ Μ ΑΝ(Τ) ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτο(κράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordian
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ Ϲ ΙΟΥΛ ΛΟΓΙϹΜΟΥ ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΝΕΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ σ(τρατηγοῦ) Ἰουλ(ίου) Λογίσμου Περγαμηνῶν καὶ Νεικομηδέων
Translation under strategos Julius Logismus of the Pergamenes and Nicomedians
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 34 mm
Average weight 17.72 g
Axis 6
Reference Franke & Nollé 1637; Kampman 99
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 3: same obv. die as 165.2/4–5, 169/1–2, 175/1–3. 3–4: same rev. die.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
3 3     H. Voegtli, Die Fundmünzen aus der Stadtgrabung von Pergamon (Berlin - New York, 1993), no. 403
4 4     ✸ Cop SNG 516
6 6     Gorny & Mosch 249, 11 Oct. 2017, lot 424 = Hellmuth Kricheldorf Verlag e.K. 49, 20 Feb. 2017, lot 413