RPC VII.2, 3778


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Volume	VII.2
Number	3778
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 ΕΥ(Ϲ)(Ε)
Edition	Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀν(τώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Εὐσε(βής)
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	Nilus reclining on hippopotamus left, holding cornucopia and reed
Metal	debased silver
Average diameter	23 mm
Average weight	12.80 g
Axis	11, 12
Reference	BMC 1903–4; D 4763; M 3394–5; Geissen 2647
Specimens	31 (16 in the core collections)

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Specimens of this coin type

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1	L: 1844,0425.2528	BMC 1903	23	12.95			Show
2	2	L: 1856,0903.30	BMC 1904	23	14.91			Show
3	3	P: 1967.1860		23	13.19	12	ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟ ƐΥϹƐ	Show
4	4	P: 3151		23	12.82	11		Show
5	5	B: 18275302, 1844/3937		23	14.07	12		Show
6	6	B: 18275301, Löbb.		23	12.33	11		Show
7	7	C		22	11.94	12		Show
8	8	NY: 1973.56.1065		24.2	13.69	12		Show
9	9	NY: 1944.100.64994		22.2	13.05	12		Show
10	10 ✸	NY: 1974.26.4278		23.7	12.86	12		Show
11	11	NY: 1974.26.4277		23.2	12.52	12		Show
12	12	NY: 1944.100.64995		22.4	12.50	12		Show
13	13	NY: 1944.100.64996		22.8	12.30	12		Show
14	14	O: HCR30893	M 3394	23	12.22	12		Show
15	15	O: HCR30894	M 3395	23	12.72	12		Show
16	16	V: GR 37974		23.4	13.22	11		Show
17	17	A: 4029 (Demetriou)		22.2	12.17	12		Show
18	18	Cologne	Geissen 2647	23	12.27	12		Show
19	19	Frankfurt: 3043	Förschner 927	23	12.46			Show
20	20		C. Rhodes coll.	22	14.34	12		Show
21	21		C. Rhodes coll.	22	12.85	11		Show
22	22		C. Rhodes coll. = Naville Numismatics 39, 29 Apr. 2018, lot 307 = Roma Numismatics EA 36, 27 May 2017, lot 252	23	13.07	12		Show
23	23		CNG EA 359, 9 Sept. 2015, lot 282	25	11.38	12		Show
24	24		CNG EA 362, 28 Oct. 2015, lot 362	22	13.46	12		Show
25	25		CNG EA 391, 15 Feb. 2017, lot 396	22	13.02	12		Show
26	26		Figari & Mosconi 1408 = Schulten, 11 Apr. 1988, lot 992 = D 4763					Show
27	27		J. Aiello coll.	23				Show
28	28		Naville Numismatics 32, 18 June 2017, lot 313 = ex Dattari	21.5	12.51			Show
29	29		Naville Numismatics 37, 28 Jan. 2018, lot 316		12.51			Show
30	30		Naville Numismatics 40, 27 May 2018, lot 420 = Coins & Antiquities Ltd, London, FPL 58, lot 164 = DS 10261	28.42	10.53			Show
31	31		Naville Numismatics 53, 3 Nov. 2019, lot 352 = DS 10262	21.6	13.27			Show