RPC VII.2, 364

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 364
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Thessalonica
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Dating AD 241–4
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ(Ω)ΝΙΟϹ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΘΕϹϹΑΛΟΝΙΚΕΩΝ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ, ΠΥΘΙΑ
Reverse design agonistic crown with palm branch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Axis 1, 2, 7, 12
Reference Touratsoglou 92–3, nos 193–5; 99–100, nos 206–13
Specimens 13 (5 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 129 = Touratsoglou 93/194
2 2     P: 1472 Touratsoglou 100/211
3 3     P: 1471 Touratsoglou 99/206
4 4     ✸ Mu Touratsoglou 100/212
5 5     V: GR 10063 Touratsoglou 100/209
6 6     Belgrade-Nar: Krakov coll. Touratsoglou 100/213
7 7     Philadelphia: 26-126-353 Touratsoglou 92/193
8 8     Rome Touratsoglou 100/210
9 9     Sofia: 4586, Avramov Touratsoglou 93/195
10 10     Thessaloniki Touratsoglou 99/207 = Lefkochori hoard
11 11     Private coll. = Touratsoglou 99/206 (München Depositum)
12 12     Roma Numismatics EA 7, 26 Apr. 2014, lot 1020
13 13     VAuctions 323, 17 Mar. 2017, lot 322