RPC VII.2, 511

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 511
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Pella
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue First issue, radiate 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 radiate, 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 upside down behind rocks; star in field, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 11.92 g
Axis 7
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same rev. die as 495/1–2.
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ C: 3178-2007, Mossop