RPC VII.1, 117

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 117
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Mysia
City Germe
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Magistrate Aelius Aristonikos (strategos)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανός 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 ΑΡΙϹΤΟΝΕΙΚΟΥ ΓΕΡΜΗΝΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ Ἀριστονείκου Γερμηνῶν ἐπὶ Ἀριστονείκου Γερμηνῶν
Translation under Aristonikos, of the Germeans
Reverse design Apollo seated, right, holding lyre, facing Marsyas standing left in front of him, a flute in each hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 11.93 g
Axis 6
Reference Ehling 228
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 104.2/2–3, 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, 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.

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 365 SNG 1005 = Wa 811