RPC VII.2, 520

 

Image of specimen #2

 

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
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 PGLLA (sic)
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
Axis 5, 6, 12
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 2: same obv. die as 517/1.

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.