RPC VII.2, 16

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 16
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 radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
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 23 mm
Average weight 6.59 g
Axis 1, 2, 6, 7, 12
Reference AMNG 80
Specimens 36 (9 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1958,0304.114
2 2     P: 398
3 3     B: 18275486
4 4     B: 18275485
5 5     V: GR 38475 (Elmer)
6 6     V: GR 38476
7 7     V: GR 7679
8 8     V: GR 7678
9 9     V: GR 7677
10 10 –15     Budapest SNG 206–11
16 16     Leeds-UL: 514
17 17 –32     Ljubljana SNG Kecskés 502–17
33 33     C. Rhodes coll.
34 34     CNG MBS 69, 8 June 2005, lot 913 = Gorny & Mosch 126, 14 Oct. 2003, lot 1608
35 35     Emporium Hamburg 74, 12 Nov. 2015, lot 333
36 36     Emporium Hamburg 77, 17 Nov. 2016, lot 591