RPC VII.2, 479

 

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Coin type
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
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀ<ν>τ<ώ>νιος Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΚΑΒΙΡΕΙΑ ΠΥΘΙΑ
Edition Καβιρεία Πύθια
Translation Kabeirian Pythian (games)
Reverse design tripod above which five apples, serpent entwined round the central leg of tripod
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 5.42 g
Reference Touratsoglou —
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Grün 59, 15 May 2012, lot 130
2 2     Münzzentrum Köln 39, June 1988, lot 70