RPC VII.2, 3718

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3718
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 rear
Reverse inscription L Β
Reverse design Homonoia standing left, raising right arm, holding double cornucopia
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 11, 12
Reference BMC 1874; D 4734; M 3326–7; Geissen 2625
Specimens 21 (9 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1864,1118.758 BMC 1874
2 2     P: 3134
3 3     B: 18275280, Löbb.
4 4     B: 18275281, 1864/28662
5 5     NY: 1974.26.4260
6 6     ✸ NY: 1944.100.64946
7 7     O: HCR30823 M 3326
8 8     O: HCR30824 M 3327
9 9     V: GR 25263
10 10     Cologne Geissen 2625
11 11     CGT coll. = Naville 18, 1 Nov. 2015, lot 316
12 12     CNG EA 359, 9 Sept. 2015, lot 272
13 13     CNG EA 407, 11 Oct. 2017, lot 485
14 14     D 4734
15 15     DS 10222
16 16     DS 10224 = Naville Numismatics 52, 22 Sept. 2019, lot 351
17 17     Lanz 121, 22 Nov. 2004, lot 539
18 18     M&M GmbH 39, 27 Nov. 2013, lot 180
19 19     Naville Numismatics 18, 1 Nov. 2015, lot 316
20 20     Naville Numismatics 38, 11 Mar. 2018, lot 427 = ex Dattari
21 21     Naville Numismatics 45, 9 Dec. 2018, lot 340 = DS 10223