RPC VII.2, 502

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 502
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 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 AVG PLLA (sic)
Edition Col(onia) Iul(ia) Aug(usta) P<e>ll(a)
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
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 8.31 g
Axis 1, 12
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1958,0304.90
2 2     P: Y 20243, Seymour de Ricci 990
3 3     CGT coll.
4 4     ✸ CNG EA 415, 28 Feb. 2018, lot 377 = CNG EA 154, 13 Dec. 2006, lot 111
5 5     SNG Evelpidis 1271