RPC VII.2, 3844


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Volume	VII.2
Number	3844
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	Homonoia standing left, raising right arm, holding double cornucopia
Metal	debased silver
Average diameter	23 mm
Average weight	12.77 g
Axis	3, 6, 11, 12
Reference	BMC 1878; D 4739; M 3442–4; Geissen 2666
Specimens	43 (23 in the core collections)

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Specimens of this coin type

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1	L: GC15p243.1878	BMC 1878	23	12.15			Show
2	2	P: 1967.1864		26	14.14	3		Show
3	3	P: AA.GR.21978		26	14.11	12		Show
4	4 ✸	P: 1967.1856		24	14.09	12		Show
5	5	P: AA.GR.19615		24	13.00	11		Show
6	6	P: 3169		22	12.52	3		Show
7	7	P: AA.GR.19631		23	11.07	6	worn	Show
8	8	B: 18275368, Löbb.		23	11.78	12	with Ɛ instead of ƐΥ, and a crude style: imitation?	Show
9	9	C		25	12.57	12		Show
10	10	C: 643-1948		23	11.82	12		Show
11	11	C		24	11.66	12		Show
12	12	G	SNG 4529	22	13.27	12		Show
13	13	Mu		24	13.95	12		Show
14	14	NY: 1974.26.4292		23.6	13.98	12		Show
15	15	NY: 1944.100.65035		24.2	13.46	12		Show
16	16	NY: 1974.26.4294		24.5	13.02	12		Show
17	17	NY: 1974.26.4293		22.8	12.73	12		Show
18	18	NY: 1944.100.65036		23.8	10.68	12		Show
19	19	O: HCR30929	M 3442	23	13.42	12		Show
20	20	O: HCR30930	M 3443	22	13.57	11		Show
21	21	O: HCR30931	M 3444	23	12.74	12		Show
22	22	V: GR 25262		25.1	12.57	11		Show
23	23	V: GR 25261		22.2	9.78	12		Show
24	24	A: 6831 (Demetriou)		23.5	13.43	12		Show
25	25	A: 4052 (Demetriou)		23.6	12.97	12		Show
26	26	A: 4052a, Δ.κ 341 (Demetriou)		22.9	11.62	11		Show
27	27	Cologne	Geissen 2666	24	12.20	12		Show
28	28	Cologne	Geissen 2667	22	11.76	12		Show
29	29	Milan	SNG 1598	24	13.23	12		Show
30	30		CGT coll.	23	13.00	12		Show
31	31		CGT coll.	24	11.52	12		Show
32	32		CGT coll. = VAuctions 226, 30 Apr. 2009, lot 106	23	12.38	12		Show
33	33		CNG EA 232, 28 Apr. 2010, lot 158	23	13.41	11		Show
34	34		CNG EA 359, 9 Sept. 2015, lot 294	24	13.89	12		Show
35	35		CNG EA 391, 15 Feb. 2017, lot 402	22	12.93	12		Show
36	36		CNG EA 407, 11 Oct. 2017, lot 505	22.1	12.58	12		Show
37	37		D 4739					Show
38	38		Emporium Hamburg 74, 12 Nov. 2015, lot 328	24	11.48			Show
39	39		J. Aiello coll.					Show
40	40		Naumann 56, 6 Aug. 2017, lot 462	23	14.92			Show
41	41		Naville Numismatics 31, 14 May 2017, lot 163	23.3	13.83			Show
42	42		Peus 409, 25 Apr. 2013, lot 987 = Peus 406, 25 Apr. 2012, lot 658	24	14.36			Show
43	43		Savoca Blue 6, 7 Apr. 2018, lot 730	22	11.93			Show