RPC VII.2, 66

 

Image of specimen #13

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 66
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Dium
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue Radiate 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 radiate, 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 facing, head left, holding patera and sceptre; at feet, eagle left, head right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 7.83 g
Axis 1, 6, 12
Reference Kremydi p. 236, nos 14–15
Specimens 13 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     A: Dium 1929/30
2 2     Alpha Bank: 4295
3 3     Dion: 2495
4 4     Dion: 2949
5 5     Dion: 189
6 6     Dion: 2111
7 7     Dion: 5264
8 8     Dion: 6854
9 9     Dion: 1989 excavations Kremydi pl. 23, 23
10 10     Yale: 2004.6.1317 ex Franke coll.
11 11     CGT coll.
12 12     CGT coll. = Savoca 18th Blue, 30 Mar. 2019, lot 555
13 13     ✸ CNG EA 423, 27 June 2018, lot 270