RPC VII.2, 365

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 365
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Thessalonica
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Dating AD 241–4
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤΩ(ΝΙΟϹ) ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΘΕϹϹΑΛΟΝΙΚΕΩΝ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ, ΠΥΘΙΑ
Edition Θεσσαλονικέων Νεωκόρων Πυθία
Translation of the Thessalonians, neocorate, Pythia
Reverse design agonistic crown with palm branch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 11.83 g
Axis 1, 7, 8
Reference Touratsoglou 90–1, nos 189–92; 102, no. 217
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ C: 3232-2007, Mossop Touratsoglou 90/190
2 2     Cop SNG 436 = Touratsoglou 102/217
3 3     Mu Touratsoglou 90/191
4 4     Winterthur GrMW I, 1434 = Touratsoglou 91/192
5 5     Private coll. = Touratsoglou 90/189 (München Depositum)