RPC VII.2, 515

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 515
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Pella
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue Second issue, laureate bust
Dating early AD 240
Obverse inscription IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG
Edition Imp(erator) Caes(ar) M(arcus) Ant(onius) Gordianus Aug(ustus)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription COL IVL AVG PELLA
Edition col(onia) Iul(ia) Aug(usta) Pella
Translation Colony Julia Augusta Pella
Reverse design Fortuna seated on throne, left, her right hand raised to her shoulder
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 8.46 g
Axis 1, 7, 12
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1020
2 2     B: 18272613, Löbb.
4 4     CGT coll.
5 5     ✸ Falkensee coll.
6 6     Münzzentrum Rheinland 112, 4 Sept. 2002, lot 689
7 7     Münzzentrum Rheinland 184, 16 May 2018, lot 151 = M&M AG 81, 18 Sept. 1995, lot 433