RPC VII.2, 11

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 11
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
Nominative Imperator 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
Reverse design Moesia standing left; at left, bull standing right; at right, lion standing left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Axis 1, 2, 6, 7, 9, 12
Reference AMNG 78
Specimens 63 (11 in the core collections)
Note On the rev., the lion is sometimes seated.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18275475, Löbb.
2 2     B: 18275476, Löbb.
3 3     B: 18275479, Löbb.
4 4     Cop SNG 140
5 5     ✸ Mu SNG 141
6 6     NY: 1947.97.107
7 7     NY: 1944.100.15179
8 8     NY: 1944.100.15178
9 9     V: GR 7669
10 10     V: GR 38473
11 11     V: GR 38472
12 12 –15     Budapest SNG 172–5
16 16     Budapest SNG 176
17 17 –51     Ljubljana SNG Kecskés 380–414
52 52     B. Michaux coll.
53 53     C. Rhodes coll.
54 54     CNG EA 111, 30 Mar. 2005, lot 49
55 55     Elsen 105, 12 June 2010, lot 321
56 56     Emporium Hamburg 69, 4 Apr. 2013, lot 342
57 57     H.I. coll. = Emporium 52, 18 Nov. 2004, lot 413
58 58     Lanz 159, 8 Dec. 2014, lot 538
59 59     Peus 369, 31 Oct. 2001, lot 1283
60 60     Private coll.
61 61     Rauch MBS 11, 12 Sept. 2006, lot 367
62 62     Rauch Summer 2010, 13 Sept. 2010, lot 1079
63 63     Rauch Summer 2012, 20 Sept. 2012, lot 1242