RPC VII.2, 19

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 19
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, draped 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 17.40 g
Axis 1, 2, 12
Reference AMNG 81
Specimens 8 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1984.65.144
2 2     V: GR 39302
3 3     V: GR 38789
4 4     Budapest SNG 198
5 5     Aureo & Calicó 364, 21 Apr. 2021, lot 1063
6 6     B. Michaux coll.
7 7     B. Michaux coll.
8 8     Falghera 2017