RPC VII.2, 439

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 439
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Thessalonica
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Dating AD 241–4
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΝ(ΤΩ) ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate head of Gordian III, right
Reverse inscription ΘΕϹϹΑΛΟΝΙΚΕΩΝ ΝΕΩΚ(ΟΡΩΝ), ΠΥΘΙΑ
Reverse design tripod on top of which agonistic crown with palm branch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Axis 1, 2, 7, 9
Reference Touratsoglou 71, nos 143–8
Specimens 12 (5 in the core collections)
Note Coins https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/157416 and https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/346417 give a new die combination, missing in Touratsoglou, with a new rev. die (ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΝ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ / ΘƐϹϹΑΛΟΝΙΚƐΩΝ ΝƐΩΚ, ΠΥΘΙΑ).

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18272687, Löbb. Touratsoglou 71/146
2 2     C: 3237-2007, Mossop
3 3     Mu Touratsoglou 71/143
4 4     ✸ NY: 1944.100.11912 SNG 881 = Touratsoglou 71/147
5 5     NY: 1944.100.11913 SNG 882 = Touratsoglou 71/145
6 6     A: 237/1978 Touratsoglou 71/148 = Macedonia hoard
7 7     Münster: M 718
8 8     Thessaloniki Touratsoglou 71/144 = Eidomeni hoard
9 9     Fischer 159, 17 Nov. 2017, lot 178 = M&M AG 81, 18 Sept. 1995, lot 443
10 10     Hirsch 188, 22 Nov. 1995, lot 898
11 11     Münzentrum Rheinland 138, 4 July 2007, lot 90
12 12     Savoca 11 Blue, 27 Oct. 2018, lot 1090