RPC VII.2, 420

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 420
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Thessalonica
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Dating AD 241–4
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ(Ρ) Α(Ν)Τ(Ω)ΝΙΟϹ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΘΕϹϹΑΛΟΝΙΚΕΩΝ ΝΕΩΚ(ΟΡΩΝ), ΠΥΘΙΑ
Reverse design temple with four columns on podium seen in perspective from left; pellet in pediment
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Axis 1, 7
Reference Touratsoglou 160, no. 342; 163, no. 345
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1459 Touratsoglou 160/342
2 2     B: 18272683, Löbb. Touratsoglou 163/345 corr.