RPC VII.2, 414

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 414
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
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΘΕϹϹΑΛΟΝΙΚΕΩΝ ΝΕΩΚΟΡ, ΠΥΘΙΑ
Reverse design agonistic table seen in perspective from right; on top of it, five apples, agonistic crown with palm and purse; beneath table, urn?
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Axis 7
Reference Touratsoglou 186, nos 382–3
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1477 Touratsoglou 186/382
2 2     Mu Touratsoglou 186/383