RPC VII.2, 413

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 413
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Thessalonica
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Dating AD 241–4
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΟϹ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντώνιος 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 right; on top of it, five apples, agonistic crown with palm and purse; beneath table, amphora
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 9.20 g
Axis 6
Reference Touratsoglou 183, no. 379 corr.
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     V: GR 10068 Touratsoglou 183/379
2 2     ✸ CGT coll. = Naville Numismatics 21, 20 Mar. 2016, lot 140