RPC VII.1, 104.2

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 104.2
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Mysia
City Germe
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Magistrate Gaius Aurelius Apollonides (first archon)
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 Γ ΑΠΟΛΛΩ[ΝΙΔΟΥ ΓΕΡ]ΜΗΝΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ Γ(αΐου) Ἀπολλωνίδου Γερμηνῶν
Translation under Gaius Apollonides, of the Germenians
Reverse design Apollo standing right, right hand raised, holding lyre on column; behind him, tree with serpent
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 10.33 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Ehling 209
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 2–3: same pair of dies. 2–3: same obv. die as 105/1–3, 106/1–2, 107.1/1–2, 7, 107.2/3–4, 108.2/3–11, 13, 114.1/1, 3–4, 114.2/2, 117/1, 118/1–2, 119/1–5, 120/1–2, 121.1/1–5, 122/1–3, 123/1, 124/1, 125/1–3, 126/1. 2–3: same rev. die as 154.2/5.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
2 2     ✸ B: 18262374, Löbb
3 3     Beutler coll. 5415
4 4     Art & Coins #9, 30 Nov. 2022, lot 181