RPC VII.2, 3707

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3707
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 ΕΥϹΕ(Β)
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Pius
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L - Β
Reverse design Eirene standing left, holding olive branch and transverse sceptre
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 11, 12
Reference BMC 1870–1; D 4719; M 3324
Specimens 16 (8 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: GC15p243.1870 BMC 1870
2 2     L: 1864,1118.1004 BMC 1871
3 3     P: 3133
4 4     B: 18275279, Löbb.
5 5     C
6 6     NY: 1974.26.4257
7 7     NY: 1944.100.64942
8 8     O: HCR30821 M 3324
9 9     A: 6817 (Demetriou)
10 10     Milan SNG 1585
11 11     B. Michaux coll.
12 12     CGT coll.
13 13     ✸ CNG EA 359, 9 Sept. 2015, lot 271
14 14     Coins & Antiquities Ltd, London, 59, lot 150 = DS 16719
15 15     Naville Numismatics 49, 12 May 2019, lot 287 = D 4719
16 16     Pecunem 26, 14 Dec. 2014, lot 437