RPC VII.2, 3738

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3738
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue LΓ = year 3
Dating AD 239/40
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 Γ
Reverse design bust of Athena, right, wearing aegis
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 12
Reference D 4704; Geissen 2634
Specimens 6 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1973.56.1063
2 2     A: 4000 (Demetriou)
3 3     Cologne Geissen 2634
4 4     D 4704
5 5     DS 12398
6 6     ✸ Rauch 98, 21 Sept. 2015, lot 260