RPC VII.2, 502

 

Image of specimen #4

 

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
Nominative Imperator 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)
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
Axis 1, 12
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)

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