RPC VII.2, 520

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 520
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 AVS PGLLA (sic)
Edition 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
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 8.02 g
Axis 5, 6, 12
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 2: same obv. die as 517/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 997
2 2     ✸ C: 3174-2007, Mossop
3 3     C. Rhodes coll.
4 4     CGT coll.