RPC VII.2, 404

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 404
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Thessalonica
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Dating AD 241–4
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ ΜΑΡ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΘΕϹϹΑΛΟΝΙΚΕΩΝΕΩΚ, ΠΥΘΙΑ
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
Axis 1
Reference Touratsoglou 138, nos 291–2
Specimens 5 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Düsseldorf: 1829 Touratsoglou 138/291
2 2     Warsaw: 57016 Touratsoglou 138/292
3 3     CGT coll.
4 4     Münzzentrum 68, 25 Apr. 1990, lot 115
5 5     ✸ Savoca EA 31 Silver, 10 Mar. 2019, lot 281