RPC VII.2, 22

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 22
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 FELIX AVG
Edition Imp(erator) Gordianus Pius Felix Aug(ustus)
Translation Emperor Gordian Pious Fortunate Augustus
Obverse design laureate, 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 30 mm
Average weight 17.50 g
Axis 1
Reference AMNG 81
Specimens 13 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L BMC 8
2 2     B: 18275493, Rauch
3 3     V: GR 38479
4 4     V: GR 38790
5 5 –7     Budapest SNG 201, 204–5
8 8 –9     Ljubljana SNG Kecskés 613, 616
10 10     B. Michaux coll
11 11     CNG EA 259, 6 July 2011, lot 216 = Rauch 84, 13 May 2009, lot 746
12 12     CNG EA 259, 6 July 2011, lot 217
13 13     Emporium Hamburg 70, 14 Nov. 2013, lot 278