RPC VII.2, 342

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 342
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Thessalonica
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Dating AD 238–41
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΘΕϹϹΑΛΟΝΙΚΕΩΝ
Edition Θεσσαλονικέων
Translation of the Thessalonicans
Reverse design Kabeiros standing left, holding rhyton and hammer on his shoulder; to left, lighted altar; to right, elephant tusk in cylindrical container
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 9.34 g
Axis 1, 2, 6, 7, 12
Reference Touratsoglou 1–4, nos 1–14; 6–8, nos 16–20
Specimens 24 (9 in the core collections)
Note The object in r. field is described by Touratsoglou as ‘Elefantenzahn in flachem Behälter.’
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 123 = Touratsoglou 7/19
2 2     P: AA.GR.10214 Touratsoglou 1/2
3 3     P: 1452 Touratsoglou 3/6
4 4     ✸ B: 18208286, 1876/792 Touratsoglou 4/13
5 5     B: 18272679, Rauch Touratsoglou 6/17
6 6     Cop SNG 428 = Touratsoglou 6/18
7 7     Mu Touratsoglou 3/7
8 8     NY: 1944.100.11910 SNG 879 = Touratsoglou 1/1
9 9     O: Christ Church Touratsoglou 4/10
10 10     A: 234/1978 Touratsoglou 3/4 = Macedonia hoard
11 11     A: 233/1978 Touratsoglou 3/5 = Macedonia hoard
12 12     Klagenfurt: Dreer 1006 Touratsoglou 4/11
13 13     Plovdiv: Tachella Touratsoglou 4/12
14 14     Thessaloniki Touratsoglou 4/9 = Eidomeni hoard
15 15     Thessaloniki: N 190 Touratsoglou 6/16 = Koufalia hoard
16 16     V-Schottenstift Touratsoglou 3/8
17 17     CGT coll.
18 18     CGT coll.
19 19     CGT coll.
20 20     Juschka coll. = Touratsoglou 2/3
21 21     Juschka coll. = Touratsoglou 4/14
22 22     Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 12, 2 Feb. 2014, lot 365
23 23     Private coll. = Touratsoglou 8/20 (Depositum München)
24 24     Roma Numismatics EA 29, 27 Aug. 2016, lot 310