RPC VII.2, 382

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 382
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Thessalonica
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Dating AD 241–4
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΟϹ 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 ΝΕΩΚΟΡ, ΠΥΘΙΑ
Edition Θεσσαλονικέων νεωκόρ(ων) Πυθία
Translation of the Thessalonians, neocorate, Pythia
Reverse design Apollo standing left, holding Kabeiros, and laurel branch and bow
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 9.88 g
Axis 6, 7, 12
Reference Touratsoglou 122–3, nos 257–61
Specimens 9 (4 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BNK,G.144 BMC 126 = Touratsoglou 123/259
2 2     B: 18272655, Fox Touratsoglou 122/257
3 3     B: 18272653, Alter Bestand Touratsoglou 123/260
4 4     G SNG 717 = Touratsoglou 122/258
5 5     B. Michaux coll.
6 6     CGT coll.
7 7     CGT coll.
8 8     ✸ CNG EA 407, 11 Oct. 2017, lot 257
9 9     SNG Evelpidis 1349 = Touratsoglou 123/261