RPC VII.2, 390

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 390
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Thessalonica
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Dating AD 241–4
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΕ Μ ΑΤΝΟϹ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΘΕϹϹΑΛΟΝΕΙΚΕΩΝ ΝΕΩ
Reverse design Apollo standing right, hand over his head, holding lyre set on a tripod
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Axis 7
Reference Touratsoglou 137, nos 287–90
Specimens 7 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1457 Touratsoglou 137/290
2 2     Cop SNG 431 = Touratsoglou 137/288
3 3     ✸ Amsterdam: 1975-0242 Kricheldorf 29, 1975, lot 414 = Touratsoglou 137/289
4 4     B. Michaux coll.
5 5     C. Rhodes coll.
6 6     CNG EA 423, 27 June 2018, lot 313 = Gorny & Mosch 241, 10 Oct. 2016, lot 1826
7 7     Naville Numismatics 48, 7 Apr. 2019, lot 109