RPC VII.2, 410

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 410
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Thessalonica
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Dating AD 241–4
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ ΜΡ ΑΝΤΟϹ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ<ᾶ>ρ(κος) Ἀντ<ώνι>ος Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΘΕϹϹΑΛΟΝΙΚΕΩΝ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ, ΠΥΘΙΑ
Edition Θεσσαλονικέων Νεωκόρων Πυθία
Translation of the Thessalonians, neocorate, Pythia
Reverse design agonistic table seen in perspective from front; on top of it, five apples, agonistic crown containing palm branch and purse
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 9.29 g
Axis 1
Reference Touratsoglou —
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ C. Rhodes coll. = Brandt & Sonntag Stuttgart 8 [no date], lot 190 = Münzhandlung Sonntag 40, 6 Dec. 2023, lot 102