RPC VII.2, 3807

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3807
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(Ϲ)
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 Nilus reclining left, holding cornucopia and reed
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 1, 11, 12
Reference D 4764; M 3428; Geissen 2659
Specimens 19 (12 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1950,1006.127 BMC Supp. 3215
2 2     B: 18275342, Löbb.
3 3     C: 864-1950
4 4     Cop SNG 688
5 5     G SNG 4526
6 6     Mu SNG 1596
7 7     NY: 1944.100.65022
8 8     ✸ NY: 1944.100.65021
9 9     NY: 1974.26.4286
10 10     NY: 1974.26.4285
11 11     O: HCR30922 M 3428
12 12     V: GR 25258
13 13     A: 4041 (Demetriou)
14 14     Cologne Geissen 2659
15 15     CNG EA 407, 11 Oct. 2017, lot 501
16 16     CNG EA 413, 31 Jan. 2018, lot 384
17 17     D 4764
18 18     Figari & Mosconi 1409 = Bayerische Vereinsbank, Münzschätze 11, 1976, lot 180 = Emporium Hamburg FPL 220, Aug. 2008, lot 550 = Schulten, 11 Apr. 1988, lot 997 = DS 10263
19 19     Savoca Blue 6, 7 Apr. 2018, lot 729