RPC VII.2, 393

 

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Coin type
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)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     G SNG 720 = Touratsoglou 191/393
2 2     Oslo Touratsoglou 191/392
3 3     ✸ Bertolami Fine Arts 4, 5 Dec. 2011, lot 302
4 4     Grün 64, 20 Nov. 2014, lot 1764
5 5     Naville Numismatics 21, 20 Mar. 2016, lot 138