RPC VII.2, 380

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 380
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Thessalonica
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Dating AD 241–4
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΟϹ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΘΕϹϹΑΛΟΝΙΚΕΩΝ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Edition Θεσσαλονικέων νεωκόρων
Translation of the Thessalonians, neocorate
Reverse design Apollo standing left, legs crossed, holding laurel branch, and resting on column against which is a bow
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 10.69 g
Axis 1, 2, 7
Reference Touratsoglou 130–1, nos 276–8
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1456 Touratsoglou 131/278
2 2     Mu Touratsoglou 130/276
3 3     ✸ O: Walker Schulten Apr. 1988, lot 788 = Müller 44, 16 Dec. 1983, lot 513
4 4     A: 235/1978 Touratsoglou 130/277 = Macedonia hoard
5 5     C. Rhodes coll.