RPC VII.2, 17

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 17
Province Moesia Superior
Region Moesia
City Viminacium
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue AN III = year 3 (Pius Fel)
Dating AD 241/2
Obverse inscription IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG
Edition Imp(erator) Gordianus Pius Fel(ix) Aug(ustus)
Translation Emperor Gordian Pious Fortunate Augustus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front
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 18.44 g
Axis 1
Reference AMNG 81
Specimens 9 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
2 2     Budapest SNG 194
3 3 –7     Ljubljana SNG Kecskés 520, 536, 579, 609, 610
8 8     ✸ Gorny & Mosch 142, 10 Oct. 2005, lot 1800
9 9     Hirsch 272, 4 May 2011, lot 699
10 10     Private coll.