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A bronze coin of the emperor Gordian III from Thessalonika in Macedonia showing the Pythian Apollo. Coin Type:Bronze AE25 of Gordian III, Caesar 238 CE, Augustus 238-244 CE.
Mint and Date: Thessalonika in Macedonia, 238-244 CE.
Size and Weight: 25mm, 8.92g.
Obverse: (AVT K M) ANTΩNIOC ΓOPΔIANO
Laureate and cuirassed bust right.
Reverse: ΘЄCCAΛONIKЄΩN NEΩ (The N and E of NEΩ ligate).
Apollo standing left, holding branch downwards in right hand and resting left elbow behind on kithara set on column entwined by serpent; at feet, prize urn containing palm branch and five apples.
Exergue: ΠYΘIA
Provenance: Gitbud & Naumann, Pecunem Auction #12, February 2014, lot # 367.
Ref: Varbanov 4552 var. (Radiate bust, Obv. legend).
BW Ref: 065 055 169
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