RPC VII.2, 479


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Coin type
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Volume	VII.2
Number	479
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	laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription	ΚΑΒΙΡΕΙΑ ΠΥΘΙΑ
Reverse design	tripod above which five apples, serpent entwined round the central leg of tripod
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	20 mm
Reference	Touratsoglou —
Specimens	2 (0 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Obverse	Reverse	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸				Grün 59, 15 May 2012, lot 130	20.2	5.42			Show
2	2				Münzzentrum Köln 39, June 1988, lot 70					Show