cn type 7275

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 Γ ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΔΟV ΓΕΡΜΗΝΩ

Design

Dionysus standing facing, wearing short chiton, holding cantharus in right hand over panther seated left and long thyrsus in left arm.
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Persons

Sitter

Gordian III. 🔍 ❐

Magistrate

Gaius Aurelius Apollonides 🔍

Metrology

Material

bronze  🔍 ❐

Diameter

28 mm (1x)

Average Weight

13.05 g (1x)

Axes

6 (1x)

Public Commentary

Spoerri liest in der RS-Legende ein Γ statt ein I (wie Ehling).

Citation

Ehling, Die Münzprägung der mysischen Stadt Germe in der römischen Kaiserzeit, Bonn 2001 p. 148-149, nr. 210-211, 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 nr. 106  ❐

Literature

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/7.1/106  ❐

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cn type 7275, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/7275 [Last downloaded: 2025/06/19]

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