RPC VII.1, 128

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 128
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(ΟΥ) ΓΕΡΜΗ(ΝΩΝ)
Edition ἐπὶ Ἀριστονείκου Γερμηνῶν
Translation under Aristonikos, of the Germeans
Reverse design Hygieia standing right, feeding serpent from patera, facing Asclepius standing left, holding serpent-staff
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 7.95 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Ehling 243–4
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same obv. die as 87.2/2–4 (Miletopolis), 88/1 (Miletopolis), 109/1–3, 127/1–2, 129/1, 130/1–3, 131.1/1–14, 131.2/15, 137.1/1–5, 141.2/11–18, 24.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1841,B.2439 BMC 28 = BMC Lydia 33
2 2     P: 366 SNG 1013 = Wa 812
3 3     C. Rhodes coll.
4 4     Concordia Numismatic 15, 27 Apr. 2024, lot 438