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Thessalonica in Macedonia, 244-249 AD., Philip I, Æ25, unlisted.
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Thessalonica in Macedonia, Philip I, 244-249 AD.,
Æ25 / Diassarion? (ø 25-25,5 mm / 9,59 g), copper, axes irregular alignment ↑↗ (ca. 40°),
Obv.: AV K M IOV ΦIΛIΠΠOC , his laureate, draped and cuirassed bust r..
Rev.: ΘECCAΛONIKEΩN EΩ ΠΥΘIA , naked Apollo Pythias standing l., his left arm holding lyre on serpent entwined column, his r. holding Kabeiros; at his feet, tripod surmounted by agonistic urn containing five apples.
Apparently unlisted . Gaebler, AMNG III, - (cf. p. 129, no. 63-66) ; Mouchmov – (cf. 6835-6) ; cf. Touratsoglu 63 (cf. R 25) ; Varbanov - (cf. 4681-82) ; cf. Klose & Stumpf, Sport, Spiele, Sieg 200 .
The reverse referes to the Pythian Games Gordian III had founded 240 AD. At Thessalonica. So it should show Apollo Pythias.
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