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Coin of Pella with bust of Gordian III
Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 238–244
Mint: Macedonia, Pella
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 25.5 mm. Weight: 8.07 gm. Die Axis: 12
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number63.3013
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Laureate bust of Gordian III to right.
IMPCMAN TGORDIANVS
Reverse: Pan seated to left on rock, right hand raised to head, left elbow on syrinx, pedum in left hand.
CO [IV] LA VG PELLA
IMPCMAN TGORDIANVS
Reverse: Pan seated to left on rock, right hand raised to head, left elbow on syrinx, pedum in left hand.
CO [IV] LA VG PELLA
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Arthur M. Woodward Collection; by 1962: with Glendining & Co., Ltd., 7 Blenheim Street, New Bond Street, London, W.1 (sale of the A. M. Woodward Collection, September 27, 1962); purchased at the Woodward sale by Robert E. Hecht, Jr.; purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr., February 13, 1963