RPC VII.2, 423

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 423
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Thessalonica
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Dating AD 241–4
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ(Ω) ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντώ(νιος) Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΘΕϹϹΑΛΟΝΕΙΚΕΩΝ ΝΕΩΚΟ(Ρ)(Ω)
Edition Θεσσαλονεικέων νεωκόρω(ν)
Translation of the Thessalonians, neocorate
Reverse design temple with four columns on podium seen in perspective from right; pellet in pediment
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 10.15 g
Axis 1, 6, 7, 12
Reference Touratsoglou 173–6, nos 364–71, and 179–81, nos 375–7
Specimens 15 (6 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1847,1120.62 BMC 120 = Touratsoglou 181/377
2 2     L: 1958,0304.108 Touratsoglou 176/371
3 3     P: 1462 Touratsoglou 175/370
4 4     B: 18272685, 1921 Dressel Touratsoglou 173/365
5 5     B: 18272686, Löbb. Touratsoglou 175/368
6 6     Mu Touratsoglou 173/364
7 7     A: 241/1978 Touratsoglou 174/367
8 8     Bucharest-IA Touratsoglou 175/369
9 9     Milan: 7261 Touratsoglou 179/375
10 10     N Fiorelli 6577 = Touratsoglou 180/376
11 11     Vat: 584 Touratsoglou 173/366
12 12     C. Rhodes coll.
13 13     C. Rhodes coll.
14 14     Rauch EA 12, 23 Mar. 2013, lot 626
15 15     Savoca 8 Blue, 14 July 2018, lot 629