RPC VII.2, 3795

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3795
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue LƐ = year 5
Dating AD 241/2
Obverse inscription Α Κ Μ ΑΝ(Τ) ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΕΥ(Ϲ)(Ε)(Β)
Edition Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Εὐσεβ(ής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Pious
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front, with gorgoneion
Reverse inscription L - Ε
Edition (ἔτους) εʹ
Translation of year 5
Reverse design eagle standing left, head right, holding wreath in beak
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 12.62 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference D 4809; M 3430–1; Geissen 2654
Specimens 33 (14 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1967.1852
2 2     B: 18275357, Löbb.
3 3     C
4 4     Cop SNG 689
5 5     G SNG 4523
6 6     Mu
7 7     NY: 1974.26.4290
8 8     NY: 1937.158.549
9 9     NY: 1944.100.65031
10 10     NY: 1944.100.65032
11 11     O: HCR30923 M 3430
12 12     O: HCR30924 M 3431
13 13     V: GR 25259
14 14     V: GR 25260
15 15     A: Δ.κ. 337, 4044a (Demetriou)
16 16     Cologne Geissen 2654
17 17     Frankfurt: 3046 Förschner 928
18 18     C. Rhodes coll.
19 19     CGT coll.
20 20     CNG EA 284, 8 Aug. 2012, lot 220
21 21     CNG EA 368, 10 Feb. 2016, lot 353
22 22     CNG EA 391, 15 Feb. 2017, lot 397
23 23     CNG EA 407, 11 Oct. 2017, lot 499
24 24     CNG EA 413, 31 Jan. 2018, lot 383
25 25     D 4809
26 26     DS 10304
27 27     J. Aiello coll.
28 28     J. Aiello coll.
29 29     Naville Numismatics 30, 2 Apr. 2017, lot 244
30 30     Rauch Summer 2012, 20 Sept. 2012, lot 1258
31 31     Roma Numismatics EA 30, 29 Oct. 2016, lot 270 = Roma Numismatics EA 42, 6 Jan. 2018, lot 446
32 32     Roma Numismatics EA 44, 3 Mar. 2018, lot 478
33 33     Savoca Blue 7, 26 May 2018, lot 854