RPC VII.2, 3

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3
Province Moesia Superior
Region Moesia
City Viminacium
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue AN I = year 1
Dating AD 239/40
Obverse inscription IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS
Edition Imp(erator) Caes(ar) M(arcus) Ant(onius) Gordianus
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription P M S COL VIM, AN I
Edition P(rovincia) M(oesia) S(uperior) col(onia) Vim(inacium) an(no) I
Translation Province of Moesia Superior, Colony Viminacium, in the year 1
Reverse design Moesia standing left; at left, bull standing right; at right, lion standing left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 4.10 g
Axis 1, 7, 12
Reference AMNG 74
Specimens 40 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1844,0425.69 BMC 2
2 2     P: 387
3 3     P: 392
4 4     V: GR 34055
5 5     Budapest SNG 143
6 6 –36     Ljubljana SNG Kecskés 221–51
37 37     Agora Sale 97, 29 Sept. 2020, lot 141
38 38     Bertolami Fine Arts E-105, 21 Oct. 2021, lot 2409
39 39     cgb.fr MBS 41, 26 Nov. 2009, lot 837
40 40     Emporium Hamburg 69, 4 Apr. 2013, lot 343