RPC VII.2, 381

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 381
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Thessalonica
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Dating AD 241–4
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚ Μ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΟϹ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκ(ράτωρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, left, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΘΕϹϹΑΛΟΝΙΚΕΩΝ ΝΕΩΚΟΡ, ΠΥΘΙΑ
Edition Θεσσαλονικέων νεωκόρ(ων) Πυθία
Translation of the Thessalonians, neocorate, Pythia
Reverse design Apollo standing left, holding Kabeiros, and laurel branch and bow
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 10.68 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference Touratsoglou 124–5, nos 262–3
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Mu Touratsoglou 124/262
2 2     Lazaridis coll. = Touratsoglou 125/263