RPC VII.2, 433

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 433
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
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΘΕϹϹΑΛΟΝΙΚΕΩΝ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Reverse design temple with two columns enclosing figure of Kabeiros standing facing, head left, holding rhyton and hammer; at his feet, left and right, elephant tusk in cylindrical container
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Axis 1, 7
Reference Touratsoglou 145, nos 311–12
Specimens 8 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1843,0712.12 BMC 121 = Touratsoglou 145/312
2 2     Mu Touratsoglou 145/311
3 3     Alpha Bank: 9858
4 4     Bertolami 4, 5 Dec. 2011, lot 303
5 5     Private coll.
6 6     ✸ Savoca EA 27 Silver, 25 Nov. 2018, lot 291
7 7     B. Michaux coll.
8 8     C. Rhodes coll.