RPC VII.2, 403

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 403
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
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design radiate and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front; beneath bust, pellet
Reverse inscription ΘΕϹϹΑΛΟΝΙΚΕΩΝ ΝΕΩΚ, ΠΥΘΙΑ
Edition Θεσσαλονικέων Νεωκ(όρων) Πυθία
Translation of the Thessalonians, neocorate, Pythia
Reverse design Nike standing left, holding branch and palm; at feet, five apples and agonistic crown with palm branch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 10.00 g
Axis 1, 6, 7, 12
Reference Touratsoglou 139, nos 293–9
Specimens 11 (6 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1447 Touratsoglou 139/297
2 2     P: 1446 Touratsoglou 139/298
3 3     B: 18272645, I-B AMNG III.2, 128/60 and pl. XXIV, 25 (rev.) = Touratsoglou 139/295
4 4     B: 18272647, Löbb. Touratsoglou 139/296
5 5     C McClean 3800 = Touratsoglou 139/294
6 6     ✸ O: Walker
7 7     C. Rhodes coll.
8 8     CNG EA 423, 27 June 2018, lot 314 = CNG EA 152, 15 Nov. 2006, lot 167
9 9     H. G. Oldenburg Auktion 23, 11 Mar. 1989, lot 20 = Schulten Apr. 1988, lot 786 = Münzzentrum 61, Mar. 1987, lot 127
10 10     Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 12, 2 Feb. 2014, lot 364
11 11     Nomos 32, 8 June 2024, lot 34