RPC VII.2, 3840

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3840
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
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 Ϛ
Reverse design Athena seated left, holding Nike and spear; shield leaning against the throne
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 11, 12
Reference BMC 1866; D 4715; M 3439–40; Geissen 2665
Specimens 20 (12 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1864,1118.773 BMC 1866
2 2     ✸ P: 1967.1849
3 3     P: 3168
4 4     B: 18275364, Löbb.
5 5     B: 18275363, 1863/28640-12
6 6     C: 867-1950
7 7     C
8 8     G SNG 4528
9 9     NY: 1974.26.4291
10 10     NY: 1944.100.65034
11 11     O: HCR30927 M 3439
12 12     O: HCR30928 M 3440
13 13     A: 4056 (Demetriou)
14 14     Cologne Geissen 2665
15 15     A. Tomaszewski coll. = CNG EA 359, 9 Sept. 2015, lot 293
16 16     D 4715
17 17     Figari & Mosconi 1297 = Schenk-Behrens 86, 26 Sept. 2003, lot 370 = Schulten, 11 Apr. 1988, lot 999 = DS 12400
18 18     J. Aiello coll.
19 19     Naville Numismatics 36, 3 Dec. 2017, lot 464
20 20     Savoca Blue 7, 26 May 2018, lot 855