RPC VII.2, 358

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 358
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Thessalonica
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Dating AD 241–4
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤΩ(ΝΙΟϹ) ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΘΕϹϹΑΛΟΝΙΚΕΩΝ ΚΑΒ(Ε)ΙΡ(Ε)ΙΑ, ΠΥΘΙΑ (on crown)
Edition Θεσσαλονικέων Καβειρεία Πύθια
Translation of the Thessalonicans, Kabeirian Pythian (games)
Reverse design agonistic crown with palm branch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 10.03 g
Axis 1, 2, 7, 12
Reference Touratsoglou 101, nos 214–16; 108, nos 226–30
Specimens 10 (4 in the core collections)
Note The reverse reads either ΚΑΒƐΙΡΙΑ (Touratsoglou 101; 108) or ΚΑΒΙΡƐΙΑ (Touratsoglou —).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1474 Touratsoglou 108/229
2 2     P: 1475 Touratsoglou 108/230
3 3     V: GR 10065 Touratsoglou 101/215
4 4     V: GR 10064 Touratsoglou 101/216
5 5     Alpha Bank: 7676
6 6     ✸ Alpha Bank: 7677
7 7     Rome: de Sanctis 109987 Touratsoglou 108/226
8 8     Sofia: 9203 Touratsoglou 108/227
9 9     Gorny & Mosch 265, 14 Oct. 2019, lot 909 = Schenk-Behrens 82, 15 Nov. 2001, lot 411
10 10     Weber 2299 = Touratsoglou 108/228