RPC VII.2, 366

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 366
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Thessalonica
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Dating AD 241–4
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΕ Μ ΑΤΝΟϹ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Κέσαρ Μᾶρκος Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανός Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κέ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντών(ιος) Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordian
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΘΕϹϹΑΛΟΝΕΙΚΕΩΝ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ, ΚΑΒΙΡΕΙΑ, ΠΥΘΙΑ (on crown)
Edition Θεσσαλονικέων νεωκόρων Καβιρεία Πύθια Θεσσαλονικέων νεωκόρων Καβιρεία Πύθια
Translation of the Thessalonians, neocorate, Kabirian Pythian (games)
Reverse design agonistic crown with palm branch; below, star
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 9.18 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Touratsoglou 115, no. 247
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     V: GR 10066 Touratsoglou 115/247
2 2     CGT coll. = Bertolami Fine Arts EA 44, 10 Sept. 2017, lot 347
3 3     ✸ Roma Numismatics 4, 30 Sept. 2012, lot 2421