RPC VII.2, 355

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 355
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Thessalonica
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Dating AD 241–4
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΝ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀν(τώνιος) Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate head of Gordian III, right
Reverse inscription ΘΕϹϹΑΛΟΝΕΙΚΕΩΝ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩ, ΠΥΘΙΑ (on crown)
Edition Θεσσαλονικέων νεωκόρω(ν) Πυθία
Translation of the Thessalonians, neocorate, Pythia
Reverse design agonistic crown with palm branch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 8.43 g
Reference Touratsoglou —
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Trade (Lanz, eBay, 2011)
2 2     B. Michaux coll. = Aphrodites 28, 27 Oct. 2024, lot 387