RPC VII.2, 63

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 63
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 Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus 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 colonia Iulia Diensis decreto decurionum col(onia) Iul(ia) Diensis d(ecreto) d(ecurionum)
Translation the Julian colony of Dium, by decree of the decurions
Reverse design Minerva standing left, holding patera, resting on spear; at feet, on each side, serpent
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 8.24 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Kremydi pp. 233–4, nos 2–3
Specimens 7 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     G SNG 636
2 2     Alpha Bank: 3228
3 3     Dion: 4229 Kremydi pl. 22, 4
4 4     CGT coll.
5 5     CGT coll.
6 6     ✸ Hirsch 263, 24 Sept. 2009, lot 2892 = Münzzentrum Rheinland 184, 16 May 2018, lot 149 = Fischer 168, 17 May 2019, lot 147 = Fischer 174, 28 May 2020, lot 85 = Fischer 2, 11 Mar. 2021, lot 45
7 7     Münzzentrum Rheinland 161, 11 Jan. 2012, lot 236