RPC VII.2, 377

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 377
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Thessalonica
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Dating AD 241–4
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΟϹ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, r., seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΘƐϹϹΑΛΟΝΙΚƐΩΝ ΝƐΩ, ΠΥΘΙΑ
Reverse design Apollo standing l., 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
Metal Æ
Average diameter 25 mm
Axis 12
Reference Touratsoglou 117, nos 250–1
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1450 Touratsoglou 117/250
2 2     C McClean 3801 = Touratsoglou 117/251
3 3     ✸ C. Rhodes coll. = CNG EA 390, 1 Feb. 2017, lot 329