RPC VII.1, 143

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 143
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Mysia
City Germe
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ(Τ) Κ Μ ΑΝ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀν(τώνιος) Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΓΕΡΜΗΝΩΝ
Edition Γερμηνῶν
Translation of the Germeans
Reverse design Heracles wrestling with Nemean lion, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 3.73 g
Axis 5, 6, 7
Reference Ehling 279–83
Specimens 15 (7 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–4: same pair of dies. 5–8, 12: same pair of dies. 1–4: same obv. die as 145/1–11. 9–11: same obv. die as 75/1–2 (Hadrianeia), 76/1–2 (Hadrianeia), 90/1–7 (Miletopolis), 91/1–6 (Miletopolis), 144/1–2. 1–8, 12: same rev. die.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1891,0701.1 BMC 31 = BMC Lydia 37
2 2     P: 368 SNG 1016 = Wa 814
3 3     B: 18262384, Löbb
4 4     Mu
5 5     Cop SNG 151
6 6     Beutler coll. 5430
7 7     NY: 1984.66.437
8 8     NY: 1944.100.42926
9 9     ✸ CNG EA 289, 24 Oct. 2012, lot 210 = Aufhäuser 10, 1993, lot 499
10 10     Henzen Aug. 1999, lot 487
11 11     Istanbul: 666/39
12 12     Roma Numismatics E-Sale 31, 26 Nov. 2016, lot 252
13 13     Afyon: 2786
14 14     Leeds-UL: 784
15 15     C. Rhodes coll.