RPC VII.2, 8

 

Image of specimen #17

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 8
Province Moesia Superior
Region Moesia
City Viminacium
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue AN II = year 2
Dating AD 240/1
Obverse inscription IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG
Edition Imp(erator) Caes(ar) M(arcus) Ant(onius) Gordianus Aug(ustus)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription P M S COL VIM, AN II
Edition P(rovincia) M(oesia) S(uperior) col(onia) Vim(inacium) an(no) II
Translation Province of Moesia Superior, Colony Viminacium, in the year 2
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 18.71 g
Axis 1, 7, 11, 12
Reference AMNG 76
Specimens 115 (20 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 6
2 2     P: 402
3 3     P: 389
4 4     B: 18275471, Wolanski
5 5     B: 18275469
6 6     B: 18275470, Löbb.
7 7     C McClean 4326
8 8     Cop SNG 139
9 9     G SNG 944
10 10     Mu SNG 135
11 11     NY: 1944.100.15182
12 12     O: Milne
13 13     V: GR 7666
14 14     V: GR 38468 (Elmer)
15 15     V: GR 7662
16 16     V: GR 7665
17 17     ✸ V: GR 7663
18 18     V: GR 7664
19 19     V: GR 38782 (Lacom, Carnuntum)
20 20     V: GR 7681
21 21 –31     Budapest SNG 146–7, 149–55, 160–1
32 32 –101     Ljubljana SNG Kecskés 252–4, 256–65, 268–309
102 102     B. Michaux coll.
103 103     cgb.fr MBS 18, 19 June 2003, lot 542
104 104     cgb.fr MBS 32, 6 Dec. 2007, lot 369
105 105     cgb.fr MBS 34, 30 Apr. 2008, lot 668
106 106     CGT coll.
107 107     CGT coll.
108 108     CNG EA 159, 28 Feb. 2007, lot 111
109 109     CNG EA 351, 20 May 2015, lot 445
110 110     Emporium Hamburg 71, 8 May 2014, lot 289
111 111     Gorny & Mosch 121, 10 Mar. 2003, lot 294
112 112     Helios 2, 25 Nov. 2008, lot 380
113 113     Helios 4, 14 Oct. 2009, lot 645
114 114     Pecunem 14, 2 Mar. 2014, lot 410 = Pecunem 3, 5 May 2013, lot 150
115 115     Rauch Summer 2012, 20 Sept. 2012, lot 1240