RPC VII.2, 499

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 499
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; above, star
Reverse inscription COL IVL AVG PELLA
Reverse design Pan seated left, on rock, raising his right hand to head, holding pedum in his left; in field, left, syrinx
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Axis 12
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Mu
2 2     Gorny & Mosch 48, 2 Apr. 1990, lot 195
3 3     Münzzentrum Rheinland 166, 15 June 2013, lot 332