RPC VII.2, 24

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 24
Province Moesia Superior
Region Moesia
City Viminacium
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue AN IIII = year 4
Dating AD 242/3
Obverse inscription IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG
Edition Imperator Gordianus Pius Felix Augustus 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 (sometimes, on cuirass, Victory standing right, holding wreath and palm)
Reverse inscription P M S COL VIM, AN IIII
Edition Provincia Moesia Superior colonia Viminacium anno IIII P(rovincia) M(oesia) S(uperior) col(onia) Vim(inacium) an(no) IIII
Translation Province of Moesia Superior, colony Viminacium, in the year 4
Reverse design Moesia standing left; at left, bull standing right; at right, lion standing left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 20.74 g
Axis 1
Reference AMNG —
Specimens 7 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1 –4     Ljubljana SNG Kecskés 850, 853–5
5 5     B. Michaux coll.
6 6     C. Rhodes coll.
7 7     ✸ Emporium Hamburg 77, 17 Nov. 2016, lot 589