RPC VII.2, 29

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 29
Province Moesia Superior
Region Moesia
City Viminacium
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue AN IIII = year 4
Dating AD 242/3
Obverse inscription IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG
Edition Imp(erator) Gordianus Pius Fel(ix) Aug(ustus)
Translation Emperor Gordian Pious Fortunate Augustus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription P M S COL VIM, AN IIII
Edition 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 Gordian III, laureate, in military dress, standing left, holding patera over altar and spear, between, at left, vexillum surmounted by forepart of bull and, at right, vexillum surmounted by forepart of lion
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 7.26 g
Axis 12
Reference AMNG 91
Specimens 6 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ V: GR 7695
2 2     B. Michaux coll.
3 3     Emporium Hamburg 49, 22 May 2005, lot 513
4 4     Emporium Hamburg 53, 19 May 2005, lot 509
5 5     Gorny & Mosch 245, 7 Mar. 2017, lot 1412 = Pecunem 13, 16 Feb. 2014, lot 37
6 6     Rauch Summer 2013, 18 Sept. 2013, lot 822