RPC VII.2, 459

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 459
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, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΘΕϹϹΑΛΟΝΙΚΕΩΝ ΝΕΩ
Edition Θεσσαλονικέων νεω(κόρων)
Translation of the Thessalonians, neocorate
Reverse design tripod on top of which five apples
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 10.96 g
Axis 1, 2
Reference Touratsoglou 86, nos 181–4
Specimens 8 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1463 Touratsoglou 86/182
2 2     ✸ B: 18272691, 1866/28764 Touratsoglou 86/183
3 3     Mu Touratsoglou 86/184
4 4     Düsseldorf: 2469 Touratsoglou 86/181
5 5     B. Michaux coll. = Hirsch 186, 10 June 1995, lot 1326
6 6     Lanz 112, 25 Nov. 2002, lot 793 = Münzzentrum Rheinland 184, 16 May 2018, lot 155
7 7     Rauch Summer 2009, 17 Sept. 2009, lot 1074
8 8     Solidus 122, 4 July 2023, lot 1159