RPC VII.2, 3821

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3821
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 Zeus seated left, holding patera and sceptre; at left, eagle
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 11, 12
Reference Geissen 2663; M 3411–12
Specimens 22 (15 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1950,1006.118 BMC Supp. 3201
2 2     P: Maspero 585
3 3     ✸ P: Y 4864.3311
4 4     B: 18275341, Löbb.
5 5     B: 18275338, I-B
6 6     B: 18275360, Löbb.
7 7     B: 18275359, 1844/3939
8 8     C
9 9     G SNG 4522
10 10     NY: 1944.100.65030
11 11     NY: 1974.26.4289
12 12     NY: 1944.100.65029
13 13     O: HCR30910 M 3411
14 14     O: HCR30911 M 3412
15 15     V: GR 25249
16 16     A: 4033 (Demetriou)
17 17     Cologne Geissen 2663
18 18     Bayerische Vereinsbank, Münzschätze 11, 1976, lot 181 = DS 10288
19 19     DS 10289
20 20     DS 12415
21 21     Figari & Mosconi 1418 = Schulten, 11 Apr. 1988, lot 998 = DS 10287
22 22     J. Aiello coll.