RPC VII.2, 518

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 518
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
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription COL IVL AVS PCLLA (sic)
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 26 mm
Axis 6, 12
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Mu
2 2     ✸ O: Evans