RPC VII.2, 445

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 445
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 ΝΕΩΚ, ΠΥΘΙΑ
Edition Θεσσαλονικέων νεωκ(όρων) Πύθια
Translation of the Thessalonians, neocorate, Pythian (games)
Reverse design tripod on top of which laurel wreath and five apples; to left, agonistic crown with palm branch; to right, amphora with palm branch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 10.34 g
Axis 12
Reference Touratsoglou 53, nos 109–10
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same rev. die as 478/3.
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ V: GR 10070 Touratsoglou 53/110
2 2     Budapest: 140/1939.29 Touratsoglou 53/109