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)
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 Athena seated left, holding Nike and spear; shield leaning against the throne
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 12.78 g
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