RPC VII.2, 3707

 

Image of specimen #13

 

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)
Edition Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀν(τώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Εὐσεβ(ής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Pious
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L - Β
Edition (ἔτους) βʹ
Translation of year 2
Reverse design Eirene standing left, holding olive branch and transverse sceptre
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 12.62 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference BMC 1870–1; D 4719; M 3324
Specimens 16 (8 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen 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