RPC VII.2, 396

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 396
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Thessalonica
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Dating AD 241–4
Obverse inscription ΑΥ(Τ) Κ Μ ΑΝΤ(Ω) ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΘΕϹϹΑΛΟΝΕΙΚΕΩΝ ΝΕ, ΚΟ
Reverse design Kabeiros standing left, holding rhyton and hammer; to left, lighted altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Axis 1, 6, 7, 12
Reference Touratsoglou 153–4, no. 330–1; 156, no. 333
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1968,0604.12 Touratsoglou 156/333
2 2     Belgrade-Nar: Krakov coll. Touratsoglou 154/331
3 3     CGT coll. = VAuctions 273, 24 Nov. 2011, lot 251
4 4     Touratsoglou 153/330 = trade (Baldwin)