RPC VII.2, 387

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 387
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Thessalonica
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Dating AD 241–4
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΝΤΩ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΘΕϹϹΑΛΟΝΙΚΕΩΝ ΝΕΩΚΟΡ, ΠΥΘΙΑ
Reverse design Apollo standing left, holding Kabeiros and laurel branch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Axis 6, 7
Reference Touratsoglou 129, nos 271–5
Specimens 8 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18208285, I-B Touratsoglou 129/271
2 2     Belgrade-Nar: Weigert coll. 389 Touratsoglou 129/272
3 3     Philadelphia: 29-126-356 Touratsoglou 129/275
4 4     Sofia: 917 Touratsoglou 129/274
5 5     Thessaloniki: BN 209 Touratsoglou 129/273
6 6     ✸ CNG EA 423, 27 June 2018, lot 316
7 7     Gorny & Mosch 196, 7 Mar. 2011, lot 2053
8 8     Gorny & Mosch 208, 16 Oct. 2012, lot 1788