RPC VII.2, 394

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 394
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
Edition Α<ὐ>τ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀ<ν>τ<ώ>νιος Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΘΕϹϹΑΛΟΝΙΚΕΩΝ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ, ΠΥΘΙΑ
Edition Θεσσαλονικέων Νεωκόρων Πυθία
Translation of the Thessalonians, neocorate, Pythia
Reverse design Kabeiros standing left, holding rhyton and hammer; to left, agonistic crown with palm; to right, elephant tusk
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 10.63 g
Axis 7
Reference Touratsoglou 151, nos 324–6
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1453 Touratsoglou 151/326
2 2     G SNG 718 = Touratsoglou 151/325