RPC VII.1, 129

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 129
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 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 ΑΡΙϹΤΟΝΕΙΚ ΓΕΡΜΗΝΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ Ἀριστονείκ(ου) Γερμηνῶν
Translation under Aristonikos, of the Germeans
Reverse design Zeus seated, left, holding eagle and sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 7.31 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Ehling 250
Specimens 5 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 87.2/2–4 (Miletopolis), 88/1 (Miletopolis), 109/1–3, 127/1–2, 128/1–2, 130/1–3, 131.1/1–14, 131.2/15, 137.1/1–5, 141.2/11–18, 24. 1: same rev. die as 135/1–2, 137.1/1.
Note Zeus holding eagle and not Nike
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     V-ON SNG Leypold I, 321 = Jacquier 16, 1994, lot 338
2 2     Tire: 89-110 SNG 358
3 3     ✸ Pecunem 38, 6 Dec. 2015, lot 485
4 4     C. Rhodes coll. = Gorny & Mosch 241, 10 Oct. 2016, lot 1903
5 5     Aquila Numismatics 10, 5 Mar. 2023, lot 540