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)
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 Sarapis seated left, extending arm over Cerberus, and holding sceptre; Nike on throne
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 12.47 g
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