RPC VII.2, 3776

 

Image of specimen #14

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3776
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 Nike advancing right, holding wreath and palm over shoulder
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 12.63 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference BMC 1882; M 3381–2; D 4743
Specimens 17 (10 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1844,0425.2473 BMC 1882
2 2     P: 3153
3 3     B: 18275314, 1873 Gansauge
4 4     B: 18275315, Löbb.
5 5     C: 873-1950
6 6     Cop SNG 683
7 7     NY: 1944.100.64989
8 8     O: HCR30880 M 3381
9 9     O: HCR30881 M 3382
10 10     V: GR 37972
11 11     A: 4022 (Demetriou)
12 12     B. Michaux coll.
13 13     CNG EA 231, 14 Apr. 2010, lot 155
14 14     ✸ CNG EA 311, 25 Sept. 2013, lot 930
15 15     D 4743
16 16     DS 10237
17 17     J. Aiello coll.