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Æ44 - Gordian III ΕΠΙ Ϲ ΙΟΥΛ ΛΟΓΙϹΜΟΥ ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ Κ ΝΕΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΩΝ Γ ΝΕΩΚ ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ
| Issuer | City of Pergamum (Conventus of Pergamum) |
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| Year | 238-244 |
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| Reference(s) | RPC VII.1#173.2 |
| Obverse description | Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Emperor Gordian III facing right, seen from the rear, with the paludamentum fastened at the right shoulder and the cuirass rendered in fine detail. The imperial effigy occupies the central field, executed in the high-relief provincial style characteristic of Pergamene civic coinage of the mid-third century AD. A beaded border frames the design, and the Greek imperial titulature legend runs around the periphery. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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This coin is a product of the homonoia coinage convention — a formal alliance struck between two cities to advertise their mutual goodwill and shared imperial cult status. Pergamum and Nicomedia were both fiercely competitive over neokorate titles, the honorific rank granted by Rome recognizing a city as a warden of the imperial cult. Pergamum held three neokorate grants by this period; Nicomedia held three as well. The joint issue diplomatically acknowledged parity rather than precedence — a rare concession from a city as proud of its primacy in Asia as Pergamum.
Logismos appears in the legend as the supervising magistrate. At 44mm, these alliance bronzes required the largest dies in provincial production.