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
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 Athena seated left, holding Nike and spear; shield leaning against the throne
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 12.86 g
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