RPC VII.2, 519

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 519
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 C M ANT GORDIANVS AVG
Edition Imp(erator) C(aesar) 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 AVS PELLA
Edition col(onia) Iul(ia) Au{s}<g>(usta) Pella
Translation Colony of Julia Augusta Pella
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 25 mm
Average weight 8.19 g
Axis 6
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Saint Paul Antiques 7, 11 June 2017, lot 256
2 2     Lindgren II, 1113