RPC VII.2, 343

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 343
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Thessalonica
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Dating AD 238–41
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΘΕϹϹΑΛΟΝΙΚΕΩΝ
Reverse design Kabeiros standing left, holding rhyton and hammer on his shoulder; to left, lighted altar; to right, elephant tusk in cylindrical container
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 2, 7
Reference Touratsoglou 5, no. 15
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ O: Walker Kricheldorf 29, 3 Mar. 1975, lot 412 = Schulten Apr. 1988, lot 785 = Touratsoglou 5/15
2 2     C. Rhodes coll.
3 3     CNG EA 133, 15 Feb. 2006, lot 186