RPC VII.2, 497

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 497
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Pella
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue First issue, laureate bust
Dating AD 238–late 239
Obverse inscription IMP C M ANT GORDIANVS
Edition Imp(erator) C(aesar) M(arcus) Ant(onius) Gordianus
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate head of Gordian III, right
Reverse inscription COL IVL AVG PELL(A)
Edition col(onia) Iul(ia) Aug(usta) Pella
Translation Colony 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 8.70 g
Axis 1, 6, 12
Specimens 13 (5 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1839,1224.247 BMC 43
2 2     B: 18272598, Löbb.
3 3     C: 3172-2007, Mossop
4 4     Cop SNG 286
5 5     ✸ O: Baldwin
6 6     CGT coll.
7 7     CGT coll.
8 8     CGT coll.
9 9     Gemini VII, 9 Jan. 2011, lot 812
10 10     Lindgren II, 1114
11 11     Münzzentrum Rheinland 150, 7 Jan. 2009, lot 215
12 12     Savoca Numismatik Blue 5, 24 Feb. 2018, lot 738 = G. Hirsch 328, 10 May 2017, lot 637
13 13     Boston: 63.3013