RPC VII.2, 3695

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3695
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 ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΚΑΙϹ(Α)
Nominative Marcus Antonius Gordianus Caesar
Obverse design bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L Α
Reverse design Nike seated left, holding wreath and palm
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 11, 12
Reference BMC 1851–2; M 3315; D 4695; Geissen 2618
Specimens 15 (5 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: GC15p240.1851 BMC 1851
2 2     L: 1864,1118.757 BMC 1852
3 3     C
4 4     NY: 1944.100.64936
5 5     O: HCR30813 M 3315
6 6     A: 3981 (Demetriou)
7 7     A: 6815/3 (Demetriou)
8 8     Cologne Geissen 2618
9 9     B. Michaux coll. = ex J. Aiello coll. = Figari & Mosconi 1389 = Ars et Nummus FPL Jul.-Aug. 1970, lot 125 = D 4695
10 10     ✸ CNG EA 359, 9 Sept. 2015, lot 269
11 11     DS 10185
12 12     Figari & Mosconi 1385 = Kress 153, 3 Nov. 1971, lot 519 = DS 12385 (among the coins of Maximus)
13 13     J. Aiello coll.
14 14     Peus 369, 31 Oct. 2001, lot 1281
15 15     Roma Numismatics EA 43, 3 Feb. 2018, lot 434