RPC VII.2, 376

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 376
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Thessalonica
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Dating AD 241–4
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ ΜΑΡ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μᾶρ(κος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordian
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΘΕϹϹΑΛΟΝΙΚΕΩΝ, ΠΥΘΙΑ
Edition Θεσσαλονικέων Πύθια
Translation of the Thessalonians, Pythia
Reverse design Apollo standing left, holding laurel branch and leaning against lyre placed on column around which a serpent is coiled; at feet, five apples and agonistic crown with palm branch; behind him, bow
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 10.74 g
Axis 1, 2
Reference Touratsoglou 116, nos 248–9
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1875,0302.1 BMC 125 = Touratsoglou 116, 249
2 2     P: 1449 Touratsoglou 116/248
3 3     C. Rhodes coll. = Savoca 19 Blue, 20 Apr. 2019, lot 661
4 4     Gorny & Mosch 220, 11 Mar. 2014, lot 1491