RPC VII.2, 392

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 392
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Thessalonica
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Dating AD 241–4
Obverse inscription ΑΤ Κ Μ ΑΤΝΙΟϹ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΘΕϹϹΑΛΟΝΙΚΕΩΝ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Reverse design laurel wreath enclosing inscription in five lines; on top, between the laurels, five apples
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Axis 1, 2, 12
Reference Touratsoglou 192–4, nos 394–9
Specimens 9 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1968,0604.11 Touratsoglou 192/395
2 2     P: 1455 Touratsoglou 193/397
3 3     B: 18272699, 1853/12621 Touratsoglou 193/398
4 4     A: 242/1978 Touratsoglou 193/396 = Macedonia hoard
5 5     Rome: de Sanctis 109984 Touratsoglou 192/394
6 6     CGT coll.
7 7     CNG EA 423, 27 June 2018, lot 315 = Grün 55, 24 May 2011, lot 62
8 8     Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 12, 2 Feb. 2014, lot 360
9 9     Roma EA 52, 10 Jan. 2019, lot 582