RPC VII.2, 438

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 438
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Thessalonica
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Dating AD 241–4
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤΝΙΟϹ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΘΕϹϹΑΛΟΝΙΚΕΩΝ ΝΕΩΚ, ΠΥΘΙΑ
Reverse design tripod on top of which agonistic crown with palm branch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Reference Touratsoglou 72, no. 149
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Bertolami 4, 5 Dec. 2011, lot 301
2 2     Grün 64, 20 Nov. 2014, lot 1762
3 3     Kricheldorf 29, 1975, lot 410 = Touratsoglou 72/149