RPC VII.1, 99

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 99
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Mysia
City Germe
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Magistrate Aurelius Apollonides (first archon)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ Γ ΑΥΡ ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΔΟΥ Α ΑΡΧ ΓΕΡΜΗΝΩΝ
Reverse design emperor in military dress, holding spear, standing left crowned by Nike; in front, Tyche holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 44 mm
Axis 5, 12
Reference Ehling 203
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 71/1–2 (Hadrianeia), 72/1 (Hadrianeia), 100/1, 110/1–2, 111/1.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
Feedback

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Bern SNG Righetti 716
2 2     ✸ Nomos 23, 30 Nov. 2021, lot 245