RPC VII.2, 397

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 397
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Thessalonica
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Dating AD 241–4
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤΝΙΟϹ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκoς) Ἀντ<ώ>νιος Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΘΕϹϹΑΛΟΝΕΙΚΕΩΝ ΝΕΩΚ
Edition Θεσσαλονεικέων νεωκ(όρων)
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 10.62 g
Axis 1, 2
Reference Touratsoglou 152, nos 327–9
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1862,0714.31 BMC 122 = Touratsoglou 152/328
2 2     Cop SNG 429 = Touratsoglou 152/328