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cn type 3642

Mint
Germe 🔍  

Region: Mysia  

Date

c. 238-241 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 ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΔΟV ΓΕΡΜΗΝΩΝ
Design
Nude Heracles reclining left on lion walking right, holding club in left hand.
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Persons

Sitter: Gordian III. 🔍  

Magistrate: Gaius Aurelius Apollonides 🔍

Metrology
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 30 mm / Min: 28 mm
Average Weight
11.35 g (4x)
Axes
6 (4x)
Citation

Ehling, Die Münzprägung der mysischen Stadt Germe in der römischen Kaiserzeit, Bonn 2001 p. 149, nr. 215, annot. 241 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. 132, nr. 108, annot. vor 241 n. Chr.  ❐

Literature

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/7.1/108.2 ❐

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