RPC VII.2, 440

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 440
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Thessalonica
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Dating AD 241–4
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤΝΙΟϹ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΘΕϹϹΑΛΟΝΙΚΕΩΝ ΠΥΘΙΑ
Reverse design tripod on top of which agonistic crown with palm branch; purse left and amphora right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Axis 12
Reference Touratsoglou 69, no. 138
Specimens 4 (0 in the core collections)
Note Purse and amphora are either on exergue line (Touratsoglou 69) or in field (Touratsoglou —).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Philadelphia: 29-126-354 Touratsoglou 69/138
2 2     CGT coll.
3 3     M&M GmbH 13, 9 Oct. 2003, lot 135
4 4     ✸ Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 12, 2 Feb. 2014, lot 361