Germe (AD 238-244) AE 43 - Gordian III

Gordian III, 238-244 AD. AE43 - Medallion (40.20g). Strategos Aelius Aristonicus. AYT K M ANT Î“OPÎ”IANOC AYÎ“, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Ð„Î I CTPA AIÎ› APICTONÐ„IKOY / Î“Ð„PMHNÎ©N, Herakles seated left on rock draped with lion's skin, holding club set on ground with left hand and pointing to ground (?) with right hand; on his right knee, small figure of Artemis facing, head right, drawing arrow from quiver with right Hand; to left, Apollo standing right, holding plectrum in right hand and lyre in left; to right, city-goddess standing left, holding cornucopiae in left hand and crowning Herakles with a wreath with her right. Minor smoothing, otherwise, VF.

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Filename:	2477338l.jpg
City/Mint name:	Germe
Keywords:	roman / bronze
References:	BMC -; Ehling -; SNG Leypold -; SNG MÃ¼nchen -; SNG von Aulock -; CNG Elec. Auc. 326, (5/2014), lot 282 (this coin, cleaned since)
Valuation:	Auctiones eAuction 50 (9/2016), lot 118 (CHF 1400 + comm)
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Date added:	Feb 15, 2017
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