RPC VII.2, 389

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 389
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Thessalonica
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Dating AD 241–4
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤΩ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντώ(νιος) Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΘΕϹϹΑΛΟΝΕΙΚΕΩΝ ΝΕΩ
Edition Θεσσαλονεικέων νεω(κόρων)
Translation of the Thessalonians, neocorate
Reverse design Apollo standing right, hand over his head, holding lyre set on a tripod
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 11.34 g
Axis 2
Reference Touratsoglou 136, nos 285–6
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Alpha Bank: 7675
2 2     Bucharest-IA: 1261/A.467 Touratsoglou 136/286