RPC VII.2, 353

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 353
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Thessalonica
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Dating AD 241–4
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΝΤΩ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντώ(νιος) Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordian
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΘΕϹϹΑΛΟΝΕΙΚΕΩΝ ΝΕΩΚΟΡ, ΠΥΘΙΑ (on crown)
Edition Θεσσαλονικέων νεωκόρ(ων) Πυθία
Translation of the Thessalonians, neocorate, Pythia
Reverse design agonistic crown with palm branch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 9.74 g
Axis 1, 2
Reference Touratsoglou 110–11, nos 235–40
Specimens 8 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1844,0425.1223 BMC 128 = Touratsoglou 111/239
2 2     P: 1470 Touratsoglou 111/237
3 3     B: 18272695, Löbb. Touratsoglou 111/238
4 4     Istanbul: 1229 Touratsoglou 111/236
5 5     V-Schottenstift Touratsoglou 110/235
6 6     CNG EA 390, 1 Feb. 2017, lot 328
7 7     M&M GmbH 6, 23 Mar. 2000, lot 197
8 8     Peus 369, 31 Oct. 2001, lot 1294