RPC VII.2, 489

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 489
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Pella
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue First issue, laureate bust
Dating AD 238–late 239
Obverse inscription IMP C M ANT GORDIANVS
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription COL IVL AVS PGLLA (sic)
Reverse design Fortuna seated on throne, left, her right hand raised to her shoulder
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Axis 1, 6, 12
Specimens 7 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Alpha Bank: 8441
2 2     Alpha Bank: 9887
3 3     C. Rhodes coll.
4 4     ✸ C. Rhodes coll.
5 5     C. Rhodes coll.
6 6     Künker 97, 7 Mar. 2005, lot 1756 = M&M AG, list 208, Dec. 2002, lot 147 = M&M AG 81, 18 Sept. 1995, lot 432 = Athena GmbH 3, 15 June 1990, lot 446 = Lanz 47, May 1989, lot 685
7 7     SNG Evelpidis 1269