RPC VII.2, 396

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 396
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Thessalonica
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Dating AD 241–4
Obverse inscription ΑΥ(Τ) Κ Μ ΑΝΤ(Ω) ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανός Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντώ(νιος) Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΘΕϹϹΑΛΟΝΕΙΚΕΩΝ ΝΕ, ΚΟ
Edition Θεσσαλονικέων νεωκόρων Θεσσαλονικέων νε(ω)κό(ρων)
Translation of the Thessalonians, neocorate
Reverse design Kabeiros standing left, holding rhyton and hammer; to left, lighted altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 10.58 g
Axis 1, 6, 7, 12
Reference Touratsoglou 153–4, no. 330–1; 156, no. 333
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1968,0604.12 Touratsoglou 156/333
2 2     Belgrade-Nar: Krakov coll. Touratsoglou 154/331
3 3     CGT coll. = VAuctions 273, 24 Nov. 2011, lot 251
4 4     Touratsoglou 153/330 = trade (Baldwin)