RPC VII.2, 446

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 446
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 radiate and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front; beneath bust, pellet
Reverse inscription ΘΕϹϹΑΛΟΝΙΚΕΩΝ ΝΕΩΚ, ΠΥΘΙΑ
Edition Θεσσαλονικέων Νεωκ(όρων) Πυθία
Translation of the Thessalonians, neocorate, Pythia
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 25 mm
Average weight 10.82 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Touratsoglou 52, nos 107–8
Specimens 7 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 130 = Touratsoglou 52/107
2 2     Mu Touratsoglou 52/108
3 3     ✸ Bertolami 4, 5 Dec. 2011, lot 300
4 4     CGT coll.
5 5     Gorny & Mosch 245, 7 Mar. 2017, lot 1459
6 6     Grün 64, 20 Nov. 2014, lot 1761
7 7     Solidus Sept. Auktion 46, 22 Sept. 2019, lot 218