RPC VII.2, 411

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 411
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Thessalonica
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Dating AD 241–4
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ ΜΡ ΑΤΩΝΟϹ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ<ᾶ>ρ(κος) Ἀ<ν>τών<ι>ος Γορδιανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΘΕϹϹΑΛΟΝΙΚΕΩΝ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ, ΠΥΘΙΑ
Edition Θεσσαλονικέων Νεωκόρων Πυθία
Translation of the Thessalonians, neocorate, Pythia
Reverse design agonistic table seen in perspective from right; on top of it, five apples, agonistic crown with palm and purse
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 10.05 g
Axis 1
Reference Touratsoglou 185, no. 381 corr.
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: 18272694, 1973/80
2 2     Boston: 64.2149 Touratsoglou 185/381