RPC VII.2, 9

 

Image of specimen #9

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 9
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 radiate, 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 23 mm
Average weight 6.32 g
Axis 1, 6, 12
Reference AMNG 77
Specimens 90 (19 in the core collections)
Note On the rev., the lion is sometimes seated.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 7
2 2     P: 385
3 3     P: 391
4 4     P: 384
5 5     B: 18275473, 1873 Gansauge
6 6     B: 18275474, I-B
7 7     B: 18275472, Löbb.
8 8     G SNG 945
9 9     ✸ Mu SNG 139
10 10     Mu SNG 140
11 11     NY: 1944.100.15177
12 12     O
13 13     V: GR 7667
14 14     V: GR 7668
15 15     V: GR 38471 (Elmer)
16 16     V: GR 38784 (Lacom, Carnuntum)
17 17     V: GR 38783 (Lacom, Carnuntum)
18 18     V: GR 38470 (Elmer)
19 19     V: GR 38469 (Elmer)
20 20 –27     Budapest SNG 164–71
28 28 –78     Ljubljana SNG Kecskés 326–76
79 79     B. Michaux coll.
80 80     B. Michaux coll.
81 81     CGT coll.
82 82     CGT coll.
83 83     CNG EA 190, 25 June 2008, lot 172
84 84     CNG EA 216, 12 Aug. 2009, lot 277 = M&M GmbH 15, 21 Oct. 2004, lot 21
85 85     Nomos obolos 1, 8 Feb. 2015, lot 381
86 86     Peus 403, 27 Apr. 2011, lot 322
87 87     Private coll.
88 88     Private coll.
89 89     Rauch Summer 2012, 20 Sept. 2012, lot 1241
90 90     Trade (Savoca, eBay, 2014)