RPC VII.2, 3698

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3698
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 Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 11, 12
Reference D 4697; Geissen 2619
Specimens 8 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 3126
2 2     V: GR 37967
3 3     ✸ Cologne Geissen 2619
4 4     DS 10186
5 5     Elsen 127, 5 Dec. 2015, lot 350 = Elsen 98, 13 Dec. 2008, lot 609 = Elsen 98, 13 Dec. 2008, lot 609
6 6     Figari & Mosconi 1390 = Kunst und Münzen FPL 50, Nov. 1982, lot 248 = Kunst und Münzen 22, 2 Apr. 1981, lot 394 = Ars et Nummus FPL 5–6, Marc/June 1970, lot 246 = D 4697
7 7     Heritage Monthly 61151, 26 Jan. 2020, lot 97095
8 8     Naville Numismatics 18, 1 Nov. 2015, lot 314