RPC VII.1, 109

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 109
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 ΑΝ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀν(τώνιος) Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΔΟΥ ΓΕΡΜΗΝΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ Ἀπολλωνίδου Γερμηνῶν
Translation under Apollonides of the Germenians
Reverse design Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 7.23 g
Axis 6
Reference Ehling 217
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same pair of dies. 1–3: same obv. die as 87.2/2–4 (Miletopolis), 88/1 (Miletopolis), 127/1–2, 128/1–2, 129/1, 130/1–3, 131.1/1–14, 131.2/15, 137.1/1–5, 141.2/11–18, 24. 1–3: same rev. die as 131.1/1–9, 136/1, 141.1/1–5.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     C. Rhodes coll. = Lindgren III, 467
2 2     Cop SNG 148
3 3     Boston: 63.2976
4 4     ✸ C. Rhodes coll.