RPC VII.2, 495

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 495
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 Pan seated left, on rock, raising his right hand to head, his left elbow resting on his syrinx; pedum upside down behind rocks; star in field, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Axis 6, 7
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same rev. die as 511/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     C SNG Lewis 1242
2 2     ✸ O: Kraay