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Æ27 - Gordian III ΕΠΙ ΑΙΛ ΑΡΙϹΤΟΝΕΙΚΟΥ ΓΕΡΜΗΝΩΝ
| Issuer | City of Germe (Conventus of Pergamum) |
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| Year | 238-244 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse description | Laureate and cuirassed bust of Emperor Gordian III facing right, rendered in three-quarter rear view, with the paludamentum visible over the left shoulder. The imperial effigy is depicted in the provincial style typical of Asia Minor civic coinage, with finely engraved laurel wreath and detailed armour. The encircling Greek legend runs along the periphery of the flan. The flan is slightly irregular, consistent with hand-struck provincial bronze production of the mid-third century AD. |
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| Reverse description | Tyche, the personification of civic fortune, stands facing left in long draped garments, her weight resting on her left foot. She holds a ship's rudder in her right hand and a cornucopia (horn of plenty) in her left arm, the standard attributes identifying her as the Tyche of the city. The figure is rendered in the classical provincial style, occupying the full height of the flan. The encircling Greek inscription naming the local magistrate and the city ethnicon runs around the entire periphery. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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