RPC VII.2, 3759

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3759
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)
Edition Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀν(τώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Εὐσεβ(ής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Pious
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription L Γ
Edition (ἔτους) γʹ
Translation of year 3
Reverse design Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 12.39 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference BMC 1889; M 3358–9; D 4779
Specimens 12 (5 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: GC15p245.1889 BMC 1889
2 2     P: 3141
3 3     B: 18275288, Löbb.
4 4     O: HCR30856 M 3358
5 5     O: HCR30857 M 3359
6 6     A: 4004 (Demetriou)
7 7     A: 6819/1 (Demetriou)
8 8     ✸ CNG EA 359, 9 Sept. 2015, lot 278
9 9     D 4779
10 10     DS 10277
11 11     DS 12412
12 12     Peus 409, 25 Apr. 2013, lot 984