RPC VII.2, 3701

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3701
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue LΒ = year 2
Dating AD 238/9
Obverse inscription Α Κ Μ ΑΝ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΕΥϹ(Ε)(Β)
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Pius
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription L Β
Reverse design Athena seated left, holding Nike and spear; shield leaning against the throne
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 11, 12
Reference Geissen 2623; M 3337; D 4709
Specimens 12 (6 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 3132
2 2     B: 18275275, Löbb.
3 3     B: 18275274, 1892/96
4 4     NY: 1944.100.64940
5 5     NY: 1974.26.4256
6 6     ✸ O: HCR30834 M 3337
7 7     Cologne Geissen 2623
8 8     B. Michaux coll.
9 9     CNG Triton XXII, 8 Jan. 2019, lot 773 = Münzhandlung Basel 6, 18 Mar. 1936, lot 1139 (part of)
10 10     DS 10202
11 11     Naville Numismatics 50, 23 June 2019, lot 312 = D 4709
12 12     Naville Numismatics 52, 22 Sept. 2019, lot 352 = DS 10203