Gordian III AE42 of Germe, Mysia. AD 238-244. 41.05 g. 
Magistrate Aelius Aristonicus. 

AYT K M ANT GORDIANOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
EPI AIL ARICTONEIKOY GERMHNWN. Herakles, naked, seated left 
on lionskin draped over rock, holding club set on ground in 
right hand, kantharos in left. Apollo, naked but for cloak, 
holding plectrum and lyre standing right before him with 
Artemis holding bow and drawing arrow from quiver at his 
side, and Tyche, turreted, standing left, holding wreath and 
cornucopiae, crowning Herakles.

RPC VII 111A; Aiello Mysia 169 (this coin).
ex Auctiones AG, auction 50, lot 118, Sept. 2016.
ex CNG auction 326, lot 282, May 2014.

Contributed by John Aiello, Jan 2019.