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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 7374845, member: 75937&quot;]The tripod contains the sacred apples of Apollo. I&#039;m thinking something similar to this <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/an-issue-for-the-pythian-games.360448/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/an-issue-for-the-pythian-games.360448/">Pythian games</a> issue. It looks like <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/search/browse?q=Gordian+apples+tripod" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/search/browse?q=Gordian+apples+tripod" rel="nofollow">all of these apples and tripod issues</a> are from Thessalonica.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/gordian-iii-thessalonica-tripod-and-apples-jpg.1120061/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Gordian III, AD 238-244.</p><p>Roman provincial Æ 25.6 mm, 10.61 g, 2 h.</p><p>Macedon, Thessalonica, AD 238-244.</p><p>Obv: AVT K M ANT ΓΟΡΔIANOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.</p><p>Rev: ΘЄCCAΛΟΝΙΚЄΩΝ ΝЄ, tripod surmounted by five apples; Π-V/Θ-Ι/Α across field.</p><p>Refs: Touratsoglou, Thessaloniki 80; Varbanov 4523; Moushmov 6815.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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