RPC VII.2, 448

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 448
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Thessalonica
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Dating AD 241–4
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ ΜΑΡ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μᾶρ(κος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordian
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΘΕϹϹΑΛΟΝΙΚΕΩΝ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Edition Θεσσαλονικέων νεωκόρων
Translation of the Thessalonians, neocorate
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 10.73 g
Axis 7
Reference Touratsoglou 51, nos 105–6 corr.
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18272693, I-B Touratsoglou 51/106
2 2     Milan: 7266 Touratsoglou 51/105
3 3     ✸ Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 12, 2 Feb. 2014, lot 362