RPC VII.2, 431

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 431
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Thessalonica
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Dating AD 241–4
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΟϹ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΘΕϹϹΑΛΟΝΙΚΕΩΝ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Reverse design temple with two columns enclosing figure of Kabeiros standing facing, head left, holding rhyton and hammer; at his feet, left and right, elephant tusk
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Axis 6
Reference Touratsoglou 141, nos 302–4
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 4: same rev. die as 477/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Cop SNG 430 = Touratsoglou 141/303
2 2     Aberdeen Touratsoglou 141/304
3 3     Istanbul: 650-130 Touratsoglou 141/302
4 4     ✸ Elsen 114, 15 Sept. 2012, lot 353