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coin
Object Type
coin
Museum number
1840,1215.70
Description
Copper Alloy coin.
(whole)
Bust of Gordian, draped, laureate, right; clad in cuirass and paludamentum; dotted border.
(obverse)
Personification of Moesia, facing, head to left; clad in long chiton; extending her two hands over a bull to her left, standing right, and a lion to her right, standing left; border of dots.
(reverse)
State
Associated with:
Roman Empire
Ancient Greece and Rome: Roman Empire
Authority
Ruler:
Gordian III
Regnal date
3
Cultures/periods
Roman Provincial
Production date
240-241
(Coin gives date for provincial year rather than Regnal year.)
Production place
Minted in:
Viminacium (historic city - Moesia)
Materials
copper alloy
Technique
struck
Dimensions
Die-axis:
6 o'clock
Diameter:
31 millimetres
(maximum)
Weight:
14.990 grammes
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
BMC Greek (Tauric Chersonese) / Catalogue of Greek coins: the Tauric Chersonese, Sarmatia, Dacia, Moesia, Thrace, &c.
(10, p.16)
SNG Copenhagen / Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: The Royal Collection of coins and medals, Danish National Museum (43 vols)
(143-148)
(type)
SNG Hungary II / Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Hungary: Budapest Magyar Nemzeti Muzeum: Volume II Dacia-Moesia Superior
(181-185)
(type)
SNG Slovenia III.1 / Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Slovenia: Ljubljana Narodni Muzej: Volume III Moesia Superior Collection Kecskes; Part 1 Viminacium
(456-468)
(type)
Pick 1898 / Die Antiken Münzen von Dacien und Moesien: Band I: Viminacium - Nicopolis
(81-91)
(type)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
emperor/empress
allegory/personification
Associated names
Named in inscription & portrayed:
Gordian III
Representation of:
Moesia
(?)
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Matthew Young
Purchased through:
Joseph Curt
Acquisition date
1840
Department
Money and Medals
Registration number
1840,1215.70
C&M catalogue number
GC3 (BMC Greek (Tauric Chersonese))
(16)
(10)