RPC VII.2, 3690

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3690
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Pupienus and Balbinus
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Caesar)
Issue LΑ = year 1
Dating AD 238
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΝ(Τ) ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΚΑΙϹ(Α)
Edition Μ(άρκος) Ἄντ(ωνος) Γορδιανὸς Καῖσα(ρ)
Translation Marcus Antonius Gordianus Caesar
Obverse design bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L - Α
Edition (ἔτους) αʹ
Translation of year 1
Reverse design eagle standing left, head right, holding wreath in beak
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 12.31 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference BMC 1853; M 3319; Geissen 2614–5
Specimens 18 (9 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1864,1118.754 BMC 1853
2 2     ✸ P: 3128
3 3     B: 18275265, 1882/210
4 4     B: 18275266, 1892/96
5 5     C: 865-1950
6 6     Mu
7 7     NY: 1944.100.64939
8 8     O: HCR30815 M 3319
9 9     V: GR 25226
10 10     A: 3983 (Demetriou)
11 11     A: 6815/4 (Demetriou)
12 12     Cologne Geissen 2614
13 13     Cologne Geissen 2615
14 14     CNG EA 377, 29 June 2016, lot 308
15 15     C. Jackson-Jacobs coll. = DS 10187 = CNG EA 569, 28 Aug 2024, lot 515 (T. Beniak coll.) = Empire 7, 2 May 1987, lot 215 (Gordon J. Dickie coll.)
16 16     DS 10188
17 17     J. Aiello coll.
18 18     Naville Numismatics 20, 7 Feb. 2016, lot 383