RPC VII.2, 3817


Image of specimen #3

Coin type
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Volume	VII.2
Number	3817
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)
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	Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal	debased silver
Average diameter	23 mm
Average weight	12.74 g
Axis	4, 12
Reference	BMC 1891; D 4781; M 3424; Geissen 2660–1
Specimens	20 (13 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	More
1	1	L: GC15p245.1891	BMC 1891	23	13.92		Show
2	2	P: 3163		22	14.11	4	Show
3	3 ✸	P: 1967.1861		23	13.54	12	Show
4	4	B: 18275351, 1863 Dannenberg		23	13.15	12	Show
5	5	B: 18275353, Löbb.		21	10.62	12	Show
6	6	G	SNG 4520	22	11.59	12	Show
7	7	NY: 1944.100.65026		23.4	12.71	12	Show
8	8	NY: 1944.100.65028		22.7	12.34	12	Show
9	9	NY: 1944.100.65027		23	12.33	12	Show
10	10	NY: 1944.100.65025		25.5	12.22	12	Show
11	11	NY: 1974.26.4288		22.5	12.08	12	Show
12	12	O: HCR30919	M 3424	24	14.05	12	Show
13	13	V: GR 25256		22.3	12.34	12	Show
14	14	A: 4035 (Demetriou)		24.9	13.54	12	Show
15	15	A: 4034 (Demetriou)		22.5	11.56	12	Show
16	16	Cologne	Geissen 2660	24	12.59	12	Show
17	17	Cologne	Geissen 2661	23	13.65	12	Show
18	18		OTH coll. = Naville Numismatics 79, 12 Feb. 2023, lot 336 = D 4781	22.7	13.24	12	Show
19	19		DS 10280				Show
20	20		Naville Numismatics 32, 18 June 2017, lot 314 = ex Dattari	22	12.52		Show