RPC VII.2, 524

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 524
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Pella
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue Second issue, radiate bust
Dating early AD 240
Obverse inscription IMP C M ANT GORDIANVS AVG
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription COL IVL AVG PELLA
Reverse design Pan seated left, on rock, raising his right hand to head, holding pedum in his left arm resting on his syrinx
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Axis 6, 9, 12
Specimens 8 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1861,1112.35 BMC 44
2 2     P: 1013
3 3     Alpha Bank: 8508
4 4     CGT coll.
5 5     CGT coll.
6 6     CGT coll.
7 7     Leipziger Münzhandlung 53, 8 Dec. 2006, lot 486
8 8     ✸ Savoca Numismatik EA 15, 28 May 2017, lot 347 = Savoca Numismatik Live EA 9, 21 Aug. 2016, lot 348