RPC VII.2, 3809

 

Image of specimen #9

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3809
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)(ΕΒ)
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 Roma standing left, raising right arm and holding sceptre and paludamentum
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 11, 12
Reference BMC 1905; D 4767
Specimens 15 (6 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1856,0903.33 BMC 1905
2 2     P: 3159
3 3     B: 18275346, 1892/96
4 4     B: 18275343, Löbb.
5 5     NY: 1974.26.4287
6 6     NY: 1944.100.65023
7 7     A: 4037 (Demetriou)
8 8     C. Rhodes coll.
9 9     ✸ CNG EA 359, 9 Sept. 2015, lot 291
10 10     Figari & Mosconi 1406 = Schulten, 11 Apr. 1988, lot 995 = D 4767
11 11     Figari & Mosconi 1407 = Hirsch 199, 6 May 1998, lot 341 = DS 10266
12 12     J. Aiello coll.
13 13     J. Aiello coll.
14 14     Private coll.
15 15     Boston: 2004.1331