RPC VII.2, 3787

 

Image of specimen #10

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3787
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)
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 laureate head of Zeus, right, with drapery on left shoulder
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 11, 12
Reference D 4788; M 3369; Geissen 2652
Specimens 12 (5 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18275293, Löbb.
2 2     Cop SNG 682
3 3     G SNG 4516
4 4     NY: 1973.56.1067
5 5     O: HCR30867 M 3369
6 6     A: 4012 (Demetriou)
7 7     Beirut-AUB: C3679
8 8     Cologne Geissen 2652
9 9     C. Rhodes coll.
10 10     ✸ CNG EA 368, 10 Feb. 2016, lot 352
11 11     DS 10281
12 12     Figari & Mosconi 1415 = Schenk-Behren 83, 23 May 2002, lot 282 = Schulten, 11 Apr. 1988, lot 994 = D 4788