RPC VII.2, 344

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 344
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
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΘΕϹϹΑΛΟΝΙΚΕΩΝ
Edition Θεσσαλονικέων
Translation of the Thessalonicans
Reverse design Nike advancing left, holding Kabeiros and palm
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 10.33 g
Axis 1, 6, 7, 12
Reference Touratsoglou 38–42, nos 75–82
Specimens 13 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18272635, Löbb. Touratsoglou 38/75
2 2     B: 18272636, 1852/9595 Touratsoglou 42/82
3 3     ✸ C: 3225-2007, Mossop Touratsoglou 40/79
4 4     A: 230/1978 Touratsoglou 41/80 = Macedonia hoard
5 5     Cop Th Touratsoglou 39/76
6 6     Milan: 7260 Touratsoglou 42/83
7 7     Thessaloniki Touratsoglou 40/78
8 8     Thessaloniki: N 193 Touratsoglou 41/81 = Koufalia hoard
9 9     Yale: 2004.6.1398 Touratsoglou 39/77
10 10     CGT coll.
11 11     CGT coll.
12 12     Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 12, 2 Feb. 2014, lot 359
13 13     B. Michaux coll. = Aphrodite 12, 8 July 2023, lot 385