RPC VII.2, 3799

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3799
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 ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΕΥ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Pius
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front, with gorgoneion
Reverse inscription L Ε
Reverse design bust of Hermanubis right, wearing kalathos with taenia and lotus petals in front, with drapery on left shoulder; at right, winged caduceus and palm
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 11, 12
Reference D 4726; M 3427
Specimens 7 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18275350, 1892/96
2 2     NY: 1944.100.65014
3 3     O: HCR30921 M 3427
4 4     A: 1897/8 IH, 696/1167 (Demetriou)
5 5     CNG 105, 10 May 2017, lot 644
6 6     ✸ F. Deply coll. = Naville Numismatics 71, 13 Feb. 2022, lot 297 = D 4726
7 7     J. Aiello coll.