RPC VII.2, 407

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 407
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Thessalonica
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Dating AD 241–4
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΝΤΩ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΘΕϹϹΑΛΟΝΙΚΕΩΝ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ, ΠΥΘΙΑ
Reverse design agonistic table seen in perspective from left; on top of it, five apples, agonistic crown with palm and purse
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Reference Touratsoglou 189, no. 389
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Artemis coll. = Touratsoglou 189/389
2 2     ✸ Münzzentrum Rheinland 145, 3 Sept. 2008, lot 693