RPC VII.2, 354

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 354
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Thessalonica
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Dating AD 241–4
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΕ Μ ΑΤΝΟϹ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΘΕϹϹΑΛΟΝΕΙΚΕΩΝ ΝΕΩΚΟΡ, ΠΥΘΙΑ (on crown)
Reverse design agonistic crown with palm branch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Axis 2, 11
Reference Touratsoglou 113, nos 242–4
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ C Touratsoglou 113/243
2 2     Mu Touratsoglou 113/242
3 3     CNG EA 423, 27 June 2018, lot 312
4 4     Private coll. = Touratsoglou 113/244 (München Depositum)