RPC VII.2, 12

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 12
Province Moesia Superior
Region Moesia
City Viminacium
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue AN III = year 3 (M Ant)
Dating AD 241/2
Obverse inscription IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG
Edition Imp(erator) Caes(ar) M(arcus) Ant(onius) Gordianus Aug(ustus)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front (sometimes, on cuirass, Victory standing right, holding wreath and palm)
Reverse inscription P M S COL VIM, AN III
Edition P(rovincia) M(oesia) S(uperior) col(onia) Vim(inacium) an(no) III
Translation Province of Moesia Superior, Colony Viminacium, in the year 3
Reverse design Moesia standing left; at left, bull standing right; at right, lion standing left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 16.50 g
Axis 2, 6, 7, 8, 12
Reference AMNG 79
Specimens 19 (5 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.15185
2 2     NY: 1944.100.15186
3 3     ✸ V: GR 38320
4 4     V: GR 38787 (Lacom, Carnuntum)
5 5     Ljubljana SNG Kecskés 469
6 6 –7     Ljubljana SNG Kecskés 498–9
8 8     B. Michaux coll.
9 9     C. Rhodes coll.
10 10     CGT coll. = Savoca 103 Blue, 23 May 2021, lot 460
11 11     Emporium Hamburg 72, 13 Nov. 2014, lot 655
12 12     Emporium Hamburg 74, 12 Nov. 2015, lot 329
13 13     Emporium Hamburg 89, 22 Apr. 2020, lot 458
14 14     Gorny & Mosch 170, 13 Oct. 2008, lot 1639
15 15     Gorny & Mosch 225, 14 Oct. 2014, lot 1756
16 16     Lanz 154, 11 June 2012, lot 439
17 17     Private coll.
18 18     B: 18275484, 1921/1 Dressel
19 19     B. Michaux coll.