cn type 7278

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 ΑΡΙϹΤΟΝΕΙ ΓΕΡΜΗΝ

Design

Apollo standing facing, holding plectrum and lyre, between Artemis huntress and Asclepius holding serpent-staff.
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Persons

Sitter: Gordian III. 🔍

Magistrate: Aelius Aristoneiokos 🔍

Metrology

Material

bronze 🔍

Diameter

29 mm (1x)

Average Weight

12.95 g (2x)

Axes

6 (1x)

Citation

Ehling, Die Münzprägung der mysischen Stadt Germe in der römischen Kaiserzeit, Bonn 2001 p. 153, nr. 233, 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 p. 133, nr. 121.1 ❐

Literature

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/7.1/121.1 ❐

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cn type 7278, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/7278 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]