RPC VII.2, 425

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 425
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Thessalonica
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Dating AD 241–4
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΟϹ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΘΕϹϹΑΛΟΝΙΚΕΩΝ ΝΕΩ, ΠΥΘΙΑ
Edition Θεσσαλονικέων νεω(κόρων) Πύθια
Translation of the Thessalonians, neocorate, Pythian (games)
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 10.67 g
Axis 1, 2
Reference Touratsoglou 171, no. 362
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     A: MK 1913/14 ΞΘ' 20 Touratsoglou 171/362
2 2     ✸ C. Rhodes coll.