RPC VII.2, 61

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 61
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Dium
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue Laureate bust
Obverse inscription IMP C M ANT GORDIANVS
Edition Imp(erator) C(aesar) M(arcus) Ant(onius) Gordianus
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription COL IVL DIENSIS, D D
Edition col(onia) Iul(ia) Diensis d(ecreto) d(ecurionum)
Translation the Julian colony of Dium, by decree of the decurions
Reverse design Jupiter standing left, holding patera and sceptre; at feet, eagle left, head right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 10.12 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Kremydi p. 234, no. 4
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: 18272593, I-B
2 2     Dion: 6945 Kremydi pl. 22, 5
3 3     B. Michaux Coll.
4 4     Saint Paul Antiques 18, 13 Oct. 2018, lot 303