RPC VII.2, 3765

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3765
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue LΔ = year 4
Dating AD 240/1
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 Δ
Edition (ἔτους) δʹ
Translation of year 4
Reverse design Asclepius standing left, holding patera over altar, and serpent staff
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 12.64 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference BMC 1867; D 4702; M 3377; Geissen 2642
Specimens 19 (10 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: GC15p242.1867 BMC 1867
2 2     P: 3177
3 3     ✸ P: 3150
4 4     C
5 5     G SNG 4512
6 6     NY: 1944.100.64981
7 7     NY: 1944.100.64980
8 8     NY: 1974.26.4273
9 9     NY: 1944.100.64979
10 10     O: HCR30876 M 3377
11 11     A: 4017 (Demetriou)
12 12     A: A.E 109 (Demetriou)
13 13     Cologne Geissen 2642
14 14     CGT coll.
15 15     CNG EA 377, 29 June 2016, lot 309
16 16     D 4702
17 17     DS 10199
18 18     Figari & Mosconi 1398 = Kunst und Münzen, FPL 43, , 1980, lot 201 = DS 10200
19 19     J. Aiello coll.