RPC VII.2, 426

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 426
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Thessalonica
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Dating AD 241–4
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΝΤΩ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντώ(νιος) Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordian
Obverse design laureate head of Gordian III, right
Reverse inscription ΘΕϹϹΑΛΟΝΙΚΕΩΝ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ, ΠΥΘΙΑ
Edition Θεσσαλονικέων Νεωκόρων Πυθία
Translation of the Thessalonians, neocorate, Pythia
Reverse design temple with four columns on podium seen in perspective from right; pellet in pediment
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 11.98 g
Axis 7
Reference Touratsoglou 177, no. 372
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Yale: 2004.6.1399 Franke coll. = Touratsoglou 177/372
2 2     ✸ Bertolami 4, 5 Dec. 2011, lot 299