RPC VII.2, 412

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 412
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Thessalonica
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Dating AD 241–4
Obverse inscription ΑΤ Κ Μ ΑΤΝΙΟϹ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανός Α<ὐ>τ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀ<ν>τ<ώ>νιος Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΘΕϹϹΑΛΟΝΙΚΕΩΝ ΝΕΩΚΟΡ, ΠΥΘΙΑ
Edition Θεσσαλονικέων νεωκόρων Πύθια Θεσσαλονικέων νεωκόρ(ων) Πύθια
Translation of the Thessalonians, neocorate, Pythian (games)
Reverse design agonistic table seen in perspective from right; on top of it, five apples, agonistic crown with palm and purse; beneath table, amphora
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 9.60 g
Axis 6
Reference Touratsoglou 184, no. 380 corr.
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     C: Mossop Touratsoglou 184/380
2 2     ✸ VAuctions 299, 11 Apr. 2013, lot 65