RPC VII.2, 3754

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3754
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 ΕΥϹΕ(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 Roma standing left, holding spear and parazonium; at left, shield leaning against her leg
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 22 mm
Axis 12
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1973.56.1062
2 2     Berk 98, 7 Oct. 1997, lot 341 = Curtis 1236
3 3     CNG EA 113, 11 May 2005, lot 202
4 4     DS 10197
5 5     DS pl. 251