RPC VII.2, 3782

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3782
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 Sarapis seated left, extending arm over Cerberus, and holding sceptre; Nike on throne
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 11, 12
Reference BMC 1896; M 3390–2; D 4775
Specimens 13 (6 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: GC15p245.1896 BMC 1896
2 2     B: 18275300, 1892/96
3 3     NY: 1944.100.64997
4 4     O: HCR30889 M 3390
5 5     O: HCR30890 M 3391
6 6     ✸ O: HCR30891 M 3392
7 7     A: 6821 (Demetriou)
8 8     C. Rhodes coll.
9 9     D 4775 = Naville Numismatics 54, 15 Dec. 2019, lot 342
10 10     DS 10268
11 11     DS 10269
12 12     J. Aiello coll.
13 13     Boston: 1985.1243