RPC VII.2, 359

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 359
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Thessalonica
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Dating AD 241–4
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤΝΙΟϹ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκoς Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανός Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκoς) Ἀντ<ώ>νιος Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΘΕϹϹΑΛΟΝΙΚΕΩΝ ΚΑΒΙΡΕΙΑ, ΠΥΘΙΑ (on crown)
Edition Θεσσαλονικέων Καβιρεία Πύθια Θεσσαλονικέων Καβιρεία Πύθια
Translation of the Thessalonians, Kabirian Pythian (games)
Reverse design agonistic crown with palm branch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 11.40 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference Touratsoglou 97, no. 204
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1473 Touratsoglou 97/204
2 2     CGT coll.