RPC VII.2, 503

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 503
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
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
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 1, 2, 6, 11
Specimens 10 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1841,B.626 BMC 42
2 2     B: 18272602, Löbb.
3 3     NY: 1944.100.10630 SNG 639
4 4     O: Baldwin
5 5     Alpha Bank: 10030
6 6     Alpha Bank: 10313
7 7     Freiburg: 11350
8 8     Agora Auctions 100, 4 May 2021, lot 69
9 9     B. Michaux coll.
10 10     M&M GmbH 13, 9 Oct. 2003, lot 91 (Righetti III)