RPC VII.2, 3727

 

Image of specimen #11

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3727
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)
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 Nilus reclining left, holding cornucopia and reed
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 11, 12
Reference BMC 1901; D 4760; M 3343–4; Geissen 2628
Specimens 14 (5 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: GC15p246.1901 BMC 1901
2 2     G SNG 4507
3 3     NY: 1944.100.64952
4 4     O: HCR30840 M 3343
5 5     O: HCR30841 M 3344
6 6     A: 3994 (Demetriou)
7 7     Cologne Geissen 2628
8 8     Frankfurt: 3037 Förschner 922
9 9     B. Michaux coll.
10 10     C. Rhodes coll. = CNG EA 447, 3 July 2019, lot 237
11 11     ✸ CNG EA 407, 11 Oct. 2017, lot 488
12 12     D 4760
13 13     J. Aiello coll.
14 14     Naville Numismatics 21, 20 Mar. 2016, lot 405