RPC VII.2, 28

 

Image of specimen #10

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 28
Province Moesia Superior
Region Moesia
City Viminacium
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue AN IIII = year 4
Dating AD 242/3
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 P M S COL VIM, AN IIII
Edition P(rovincia) M(oesia) S(uperior) col(onia) Vim(inacium) an(no) IIII
Translation Province of Moesia Superior, Colony Viminacium, in the year 4
Reverse design Moesia standing left, holding hare by the legs and vexillum
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 19.92 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference AMNG 89
Specimens 15 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     O: Christ Church
2 2     V: GR 7698
3 3     Budapest SNG 230
4 4 –7     Ljubljana SNG Kecskés 1041–4
8 8     B. Michaux coll.
9 9     cgb.fr MBS 41, 26 Nov. 2009, lot 843
10 10     ✸ CNG EA 128, 7 Dec. 2005, lot 134
11 11     CNG EA 190, 25 June 2008, lot 175
12 12     Münz Zentrum 177, 14 Sept. 2016, lot 169
13 13     Pecunem 3, 5 May 2013, lot 151
14 14     Private coll.
15 15     Rauch Summer 2012, 20 Sept. 2012, lot 1252