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Æ29 - Gordian III ΕΠΙ Γ ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΔΟΥ ΓΕΡΜΗΝΩ
| Issuer | City of Germe (Conventus of Pergamum) |
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| Year | 238-244 |
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| Diameter | 29 mm |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | Dionysus, the god of wine, stands facing left in a relaxed contrapposto pose, his body partially draped. He extends his right hand to offer a cantharus (deep wine cup) and holds a long thyrsus staff in his left hand. At his feet to the left crouches a panther, the traditional companion of the deity, gazing upward. The composition is rendered in the characteristic style of Mysian provincial bronzes, with the civic magistrate legend arranged around the field. |
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Germe was a minor Mysian city whose civic coinage under Gordian III was administered by a local magistrate — the ΕΠΙ Γ ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΔΟΥ formula names Apollonides as the presiding official, a practice common in the Pergamene conventus where civic authorities retained meaningful control over bronze production. The city struck relatively few types across the third century, making the survival of magistrate-attributed pieces useful for reconstructing the local administrative sequence.