RPC VII.2, 3837

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3837
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue LϚ = year 6
Dating AD 242/3
Obverse inscription Α Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΕΥ
Edition Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Εὐ(σεβής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Pius
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front, with gorgoneion
Reverse inscription L Ϛ
Edition (ἔτους) ϛʹ
Translation of year 6
Reverse design bust of Ammon, left, wearing horn and headdress of ram’s horns, with drapery on right shoulder; behind, sceptre
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 12.56 g
Axis 12
Specimens 43 (2 in the core collections)
Note The very high number of coins of this type that appeared recently on the market, all in excellent condition with a black patina, raise questions and doubts.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     G SNG 4527
2 2     ✸ NY: 1944.100.65046
3 3     A: 4046 (Demetriou)
4 4     C. Rhodes coll.
5 5     C. Rhodes coll. = CNG EA 414, 14 Feb. 2018, lot 471
6 6     CNG EA 355, 15 July 2015, lot 434
7 7     CNG EA 362, 28 Oct. 2015, lot 360
8 8     CNG EA 368, 10 Feb. 2016, lot 354
9 9     CNG EA 377, 29 June 2016, lot 312
10 10     CNG EA 377, 29 June 2016, lot 313
11 11     CNG EA 391, 15 Feb. 2017, lot 401
12 12     CNG EA 395, 12 Apr. 2017, lot 303
13 13     CNG EA 407, 11 Oct. 2017, lot 504
14 14     CNG EA 413, 31 Jan. 2018, lot 385
15 15     CNG EA 417, 28 Mar. 2018, lot 397
16 16     CNG EA 418, 11 Apr. 2018, lot 425
17 17     CNG EA 420, 9 May 2018, lot 369
18 18     CNG EA 421, 30 May 2018, lot 482
19 19     CNG EA 424, 11 July 2018, lot 304 = CNG EA 419, 25 Apr. 2018, lot 326
20 20     CNG EA 424, 11 July 2018, lot 305
21 21     CNG EA 427, 22 Aug. 2018, lot 402
22 22     CNG EA 429, 26 Sept. 2018, lot 294
23 23     CNG EA 430, 10 Oct. 2018, lot 298
24 24     CNG EA 431, 24 Oct. 2018, lot 329 = CNG EA 422, 13 June 2018, lot 432
25 25     CNG EA 439, 6 Mar. 2019, lot 303 = CNG EA 425, 25 July 2018, lot 339
26 26     CNG EA 439, 6 Mar. 2019, lot 304 = CNG EA 426, 8 Aug. 2018, lot 440
27 27     CNG EA 439, 6 Mar. 2019, lot 305 = CNG EA 428, 5 Sept. 2018, lot 322
28 28     CNG EA 450, 21 Aug. 2019, lot 330
29 29     CNG EA 451, 4 Sept. 2019, lot 267 = Roma Numismatics EA 54, 28 Feb. 2019, lot 417 = Roma Numismatics EA 44, 3 Mar. 2018, lot 480
30 30     CNG EA 453, 2 Oct. 2019, lot 205 = Roma Numismatics EA 53, 7 Feb. 2019, lot 604
31 31     DS 10291
32 32     J. Aiello coll.
33 33     Naville Numismatics 36, 3 Dec. 2017, lot 345
34 34     Naville Numismatics 37, 28 Jan. 2018, lot 317
35 35     Naville Numismatics 41, 24 June 2018, lot 289
36 36     Naville Numismatics 43, 23 Sept. 2018, lot 237
37 37     Naville Numismatics 49, 12 May 2019, lot 199 = Roma Numismatics EA 41, 2 Dec. 2017, lot 544
38 38     Rauch 98, 21 Sept. 2015, lot 262
39 39     Roma Numismatics EA 30, 29 Oct. 2016, lot 273
40 40     Roma Numismatics EA 43, 3 Feb. 2018, lot 436
41 41     Roma Numismatics EA 54, 28 Feb. 2019, lot 418 = Roma Numismatics EA 44, 3 Mar. 2018, lot 481
42 42     Roma Numismatics EA 55, 18 Apr. 2019, lot 575
43 43     Savoca Blue 6, 7 Apr. 2018, lot 731