RPC VII.2, 450

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 450
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Thessalonica
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Dating AD 241–4
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΤΝΙΟϹ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΘΕϹϹΑΛΟΝΙΚΕΩΝ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩ, ΠΥΘΙΑ
Reverse design tripod on top of which agonistic crown with palm branch; five apples left and purse right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Axis 2, 7
Reference Touratsoglou 65, nos 129–30
Specimens 6 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ V: GR 10071a Touratsoglou 65/129
2 2     Milan: 7265 Touratsoglou 65/130
3 3     Emporium Hamburg 56, 16 Nov. 2006, lot 452
4 4     Saint Paul Antiques 15, 27 Jan. 2018, lot 394
5 5     Savoca Blue 5, 24 Feb. 2018, lot 752
6 6     B. Michaux coll. = Aphrodite 13, 26 Aug. 2023, lot 589