RPC VII.2, 3746

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3746
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 Homonoia standing left, raising right arm, holding double cornucopia
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 9, 11, 12
Reference BMC 1875; D 4736; KM 3355–5; 2637
Specimens 15 (8 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1864,1118.761 BMC 1875
2 2     P: AA.GR.19639
3 3     P: 3142
4 4     B: 18275289, 1892/96
5 5     NY: 1944.100.64966
6 6     NY: 1944.100.64967
7 7     ✸ O: HCR30853
8 8     O: HCR30852 M 3355
9 9     A: 4002 (Demetriou)
10 10     Brussels: 787
11 11     Cologne Geissen 2637
12 12     B. Michaux coll.
13 13     CNG EA 359, 9 Sept. 2015, lot 276
14 14     D 4736
15 15     DS Supp. 604