RPC VII.2, 368

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 368
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Thessalonica
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Dating AD 241–4
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΝΤΩ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντώ(νιος) Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordian
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΘΕϹϹΑΛΟΝΙΚΕΩΝ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ, ΕΠΙΝΙΚΙΑ, ΠΥΘΙΑ (on crown)
Edition Θεσσαλονικέων νεωκόρων Ἐπινίκια Πύθια
Translation of the Thessalonians, neocorate, Epinician Pythian (games)
Reverse design agonistic crown with palm branch; below, star
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 10.24 g
Axis 7, 8, 12
Reference Touratsoglou 109, no. 231
Specimens 6 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: 18272696, I-B Touratsoglou 109/232
2 2     Florence: 607 Touratsoglou 109/234
3 3     Istanbul Touratsoglou 109/233
4 4     Thessaloniki Touratsoglou 109/231 = Koufalia hoard
5 5     CGT coll. = Bertolami Fine Arts 4, 5 Dec. 2011, lot 305
6 6     CNG EA 415, 28 Feb. 2018, lot 432 = Gorny & Mosch 152, 10 Oct. 2006, lot 1680