RPC VII.2, 3753

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3753
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)
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 Nilus reclining left, holding cornucopia and reed
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 7, 11, 12
Reference BMC 1902; M 3363; D 4762
Specimens 11 (6 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1864,1118.764 BMC 1902
2 2     P: 3143
3 3     B: 18275285, 1892/96
4 4     B: 18275284, Löbb.
5 5     ✸ NY: 1944.100.64972
6 6     O: HCR30861 M 3363
7 7     A: 4009 (Demetriou)
8 8     C. Rhodes coll.
9 9     D 4762
10 10     DS 10260
11 11     Pecunem 33, 5 July 2015, lot 415 = Roma Numismatics 4, 30 Sept. 2012, lot 2473