RPC VII.2, 3766

 

Image of specimen #23

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3766
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)
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Pius
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription L Δ
Reverse design Athena seated left, holding Nike and spear; shield leaning against the throne
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 11, 12
Reference BMC 1864; D 4708; M 3375–6; Geissen 2643
Specimens 25 (13 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: GC15p242.1864 BMC 1864
2 2     B: 18275306, 1861/27943
3 3     B: 18275307, Löbb.
4 4     C: Mossop
5 5     C
6 6     G SNG 4519
7 7     NY: 1974.26.4274
8 8     NY: 1944.100.64982
9 9     NY: 1944.100.64984
10 10     NY: 1944.100.64983
11 11     O: HCR30874 M 3375
12 12     O: HCR30875 M 3376
13 13     V: GR 25242
14 14     A: 4026 (Demetriou)
15 15     Cologne Geissen 2643
16 16     CNG EA 359, 9 Sept. 2015, lot 280
17 17     CNG EA 377, 29 June 2016, lot 310
18 18     CNG EA 407, 11 Oct. 2017, lot 494
19 19     D 4708
20 20     D 4712
21 21     DS 10207 = Naville Numismatics 44, 4 Nov. 2018, lot 339
22 22     DS 17399
23 23     ✸ iNumis MBS 28, 10 Mar. 2015, lot 350
24 24     J. Aiello coll.
25 25     Naville Numismatics 51, 21 July 2019, lot 372 = DS 10208