RPC VII.2, 346

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 346
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 Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανός Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΘΕϹϹΑΛΟΝΙΚΕΩΝ
Edition Θεσσαλονικέων Θεσσαλονικέων
Translation of the Thessalonicans
Reverse design Nike advancing left, holding Kabeiros and palm
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 10.08 g
Axis 1, 2, 6, 7, 12
Reference Touratsoglou 20, no. 38; 21–2, nos 50–2; 34–7, nos 68–74
Specimens 18 (5 in the core collections)
Note Touratsoglou 20, nos 39-49, described as radiate, show a laureate bust.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1958,0304.107 Touratsoglou 37/74
2 2     P: AA.GR.10216 Touratsoglou 20/38
3 3     P: 1443 Touratsoglou 35/72
4 4     ✸ B: 18272637, Fox Touratsoglou 22/51
5 5     B: 18272632, Alter Bestand Touratsoglou 34/69
6 6     A: Protonotarios Touratsoglou 22/52
7 7     Boston: 62.427 Touratsoglou 36/73
8 8     Rome: de Sanctis 109989 Touratsoglou 34/68
9 9     Sofia: 7583, Avramov Touratsoglou 21/50
10 10     Thessaloniki: N 46 Touratsoglou 35/71
11 11     Bolaffi Spa 24, 5 June 2014, lot 293 = Hirsch 348, 8 May 2019, lot 899
12 12     C. Rhodes coll.
13 13     CGT coll.
14 14     Gorny & Mosch 152, 10 Oct. 2006, lot 1681
15 15     Münzzentrum Rheinland 184, 16 May 2018, lot 154
16 16     Private coll.
17 17     Savoca 14, 23 Apr. 2017, lot 319 = Münzzentrum Rheinland 182, 6 Sept. 2017, lot 156
18 18     VAuctions 330, 22 May 2018, lot 319