Savoca Numismatik GmbH & Co. KG > Blue Auction 6 | Auction date: 7 April 2018 |
Lot number: 566 | |
Lot description: Macedon. Thessalonica. Gordian III. AD 238-244. Bronze Æ 23mm., 10,80g. AVT K M ANTΩNIΟC ΓOΡΔIANOC, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / ΘECCAΛONIKEΩN NEΩKOΡΩN, ΠYΘ-IA, Apollo, nude, standing left, holding Kabeiros and branch. very fine Moushmov 6799 var. The Pythian Games were one of the four Panhellenic Games of Ancient Greece. They were held in honour of Apollo every four years at his sanctuary at Delphi. |