RPC VII.2, 395

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 395
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Thessalonica
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Dating AD 241–4
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΟϹ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΘΕϹϹΑΛΟΝΙΚΕΩΝ ΝΕΩΚ
Reverse design Kabeiros standing left, holding rhyton and hammer; to left, lighted altar; to right, elephant tusk in cylindrical container
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Axis 7
Reference Touratsoglou 150, nos 321–3
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BMC 124 Touratsoglou 150/323
2 2     P: 1451 Touratsoglou 150/322
3 3     Tübingen SNG 1050 = Touratsoglou 150/321
4 4     ✸ Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 12, 2 Feb. 2014, lot 366