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cn type 7271

Mint
Germe 🔍  

Region: Mysia  

Date

c. 241-244 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Design
Laureate bust of Gordian III, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
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Reverse
Legend
ΕΠΙ ΑΡΙϹΤΟΝΕΙΚΟV ΓΕΡΜΗΝΩΝ
Design
Apollo and Marsyas; on the left, Apollo seated on rock and holding lyre, right; on the right, Marsyas standing facing, head to left, holding flute in each hand.
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Persons

Sitter: Gordian III. 🔍  

Magistrate: Aelius Aristoneiokos 🔍

Metrology
Material
Diameter
28 mm (1x)
Average Weight
11.93 g (1x)
Axes
6 (1x)
Citation

Ehling, Die Münzprägung der mysischen Stadt Germe in der römischen Kaiserzeit, Bonn 2001 p. 152, nr. 228, annot. 242 n. Chr. 

Spoerri Butcher et al., RPC VII 1: Roman provincial coinage. Vol. VII 1: De Gordien Ier à Gordien III (238-244 après J.-C.). Province d'Asie, London : Paris 2006 nr. 117 

Literature

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/7.1/117

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cn type 7271, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/7271 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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