Gordian III AE25 of Thessalonika, Macedonia. AD 238-244. 8.9 g.

AYT K M ANTWNIOC GORDIANO, laureate and cuirassed bust right. 
QECCALONIKEWN NEO PYQIA, Apollo standing left, holding branch and resting elbow on lyre on serpent-entwined column to right, prize urn with one palm branch by golden balls at foot left.

Mackensen 15 in JNG XXI. (bust type var of Varbanov 4552 and Touratsoglou 116). 

With permission of Gitbud & Naumann Auction 12, Lot 367, Feb 2014