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Image of specimen #3 |
URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/7.2/393 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
Volume | VII.2 |
Number | 393 |
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 | radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear |
Reverse inscription | ΘΕϹϹΑΛΟΝΙΚΕΩΝ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ |
Edition | Θεσσαλονικέων νεωκόρων |
Translation | of the Thessalonians, neocorate |
Reverse design | laurel wreath enclosing inscription in five lines; on top, between the laurels, five apples |
Metal | copper-based alloy |
Average diameter | 25 mm |
Average weight | 11.30 g |
Axis | 7, 11 |
Reference | Touratsoglou 190–1, nos 390–3 |
Specimens | 5 (1 in the core collections) |