RPC VII.2, 981

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 981
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Deultum
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue Third issue
Dating c. AD 241–2
Obverse inscription IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG
Edition Imp(erator) Gordianus Pius Fel(ix) Aug(ustus)
Translation Emperor Gordian Pious Fortunate Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription COL FL PAC DEVLT
Edition col(onia) Fl(avia) Pac(is) Deult(ensium)
Translation Flavian Colony of Peace of the Deultensians
Reverse design Venus standing facing, head right, holding her long hair and pudenda; at feet, vase
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 7.16 g
Axis 2, 3, 6, 7, 8
Reference Jurukova, Deultum 244; Draganov, Deultum —
External URI(s) https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/3730
Specimens 7 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Sofia: 8469 Jurukova, Deultum 244/1, pl. 16, rev.
2 2     ✸ Yale: 2008.83.126 Freeman & Sear 3, 10 Dec. 1996, lot 798
3 3     Berk MBS 205, 18 Sept. 2018, lot 370
4 4     C. Rhodes coll.
5 5     CGT coll.
6 6     Naumann 100, 7 Mar. 2021, lot 1123 = ex F. Jarman coll.
7 7     Roma Numismatics EA 65, 19 Dec. 2019, lot 630