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
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΘΕϹϹΑΛΟΝΙΚΕΩΝ ΝΕΩ, ΠΥΘΙΑ
Edition Θεσσαλονικέων νεω(κόρων) Πύθια
Translation of the Thessalonians, neocorate, Pythian (games)
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
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 10.86 g
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