RPC VII.2, 398

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 398
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Thessalonica
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Dating AD 241–4
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΘΕϹϹΑΛΟΝΕΙΚΕΩΝ ΝΕΩ(Κ)
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 25 mm
Average weight 9.60 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference Touratsoglou 155, no. 332; 157, nos 334–5
Specimens 6 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Mu Touratsoglou 157/335
2 2     Alpha Bank: 4325
3 3     ✸ Alpha Bank: 10028
4 4     Milan: 7262 Touratsoglou 157/334
5 5     M&M GmbH 17, 4 Oct. 2005, lot 515
6 6     Spink 20120, 13 Feb. 2020, lot 347