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Æ25 - Gordian III ΕΠΙ Γ ΚΛ ΓΛΥΚΩΝΟϹ ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ Γ ΝΕΩΚΟ
| Issuer | City of Pergamum (Conventus of Pergamum) |
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| Year | 238-244 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse lettering | ΕΠΙ Γ ΚΛ ΓΛΥΚΩΝΟϹ ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ Γ ΝΕΩΚΟ (Translation: under Gaius Claudius Glykon, of the Pergamenes, thrice neocorate) |
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Pergamum held the title of neokoros — temple warden to the imperial cult — three times by Gordian III's reign, a distinction fiercely competed for among the great cities of Asia Minor and occasionally stripped by imperial decree as political punishment. The magistrate named in this issue, Gaius Claudius Glycon, is attested across several Pergamene bronze emissions of the period, suggesting he held his strategia during a concentrated window of civic minting activity rather than across multiple terms.
The triple neokorate designation in the legend was not ceremonial shorthand — it directly reflects Pergamum's accumulated record of hosting imperial cult temples, each grant requiring a separate petition to Rome.