RPC VII.2, 3800

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3800
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)
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 Homonoia standing left, raising right arm, holding double cornucopia
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 11, 12
Reference BMC 1877; D 4738; M 3419; Geissen 2657
Specimens 27 (11 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: GC15p243.1877 BMC 1877
2 2     P: 3162
3 3     ✸ P: 1967.1866
4 4     B: 18275355, Löbb.
5 5     B: 18275354, 1846/6269
6 6     Cop SNG 686
7 7     G SNG 4525
8 8     NY: 1974.26.4283
9 9     NY: 1944.100.65015
10 10     O: HCR30916 M 3419
11 11     V: GR 25254
12 12     A: 6826 (Demetriou)
13 13     A: 4036 (Demetriou)
14 14     Cologne Geissen 2657
15 15     Milan SNG 1594
16 16     CNG EA 262, 17 Aug. 2011, lot 269
17 17     CNG EA 359, 9 Sept. 2015, lot 287
18 18     CNG EA 359, 9 Sept. 2015, lot 288
19 19     CNG EA 407, 11 Oct. 2017, lot 500
20 20     CNG EA 450, 21 Aug. 2019, lot 329 = Roma Numismatics EA 54, 28 Feb. 2019, lot 415 = Roma Numismatics EA 44, 3 Mar. 2018, lot 479
21 21     CNG EA 451, 4 Sept. 2019, lot 266 = Roma Numismatics EA 54, 28 Feb. 2019, lot 414
22 22     DS 10230
23 23     J. Aiello coll.
24 24     Monnaies d'Antan 10, 24 Nov. 2011, lot 96
25 25     Naville Numismatics 41, 24 June 2018, lot 371 = D 4738
26 26     Naville Numismatics 43, 23 Sept. 2018, lot 328 = DS 10231
27 27     Naville Numismatics 51, 21 July 2019, lot 269 = Naville Numismatics 39, 29 Apr. 2018, lot 308 = Roma Numismatics EA 36, 27 May 2017, lot 254