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)
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	Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal	debased silver
Average diameter	23 mm
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