RPC VII.2, 454

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 454
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Thessalonica
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Dating AD 241–4
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΟϹ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΘΕϹϹΑΛΟΝΙΚΕΩΝ ΠΥΘΙΑ
Edition Θεσσαλονικέων Πύθια
Translation of the Thessalonians, Pythia
Reverse design tripod on top of which five apples, decorated with wreath; to left, purse; to right, amphora
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 11.21 g
Axis 1, 3, 7, 12
Reference Touratsoglou 58–60, nos 115–20
Specimens 9 (5 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1465 Touratsoglou 60/119
2 2     B: 18272692, Löbb. Touratsoglou 59/116
3 3     C: Leake Touratsoglou 58/115
4 4     G SNG 715 = Hunter 73 = Touratsoglou 60/121
5 5     ✸ O: Walker Schulten Apr. 1989, lot 567 = Schulten Apr. 1988, lot 789 = Schulten June 1982, lot 1071
6 6     A: 237/1978 Touratsoglou 59/117 = Macedonia hoard
7 7     A: Protonotarios Touratsoglou 59/118
8 8     Alpha Bank: 7670
9 9     CGT coll.