RPC VII.2, 493

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 493
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
Edition Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Imp(erator) C(aesar) M(arcus) Ant(onius) Gordianus
Translation Emperor 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)
Edition colonia Iulia Augusta Pella col(onia) Iul(ia) Aug(usta) P{G}<e>lla
Translation the August Julian colony of Pella
Reverse design Pan seated left, on rock, raising his right hand to head, his left elbow resting on his syrinx; pedum on his right leg
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 9.61 g
Axis 12
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     CGT coll.
2 2     ✸ NFA 31, 18 Mar. 1993, lot 1104