RPC VII.2, 3844

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
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)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: GC15p243.1878 BMC 1878
2 2     P: 1967.1864
3 3     P: AA.GR.21978
4 4     ✸ P: 1967.1856
5 5     P: AA.GR.19615
6 6     P: 3169
7 7     P: AA.GR.19631
8 8     B: 18275368, Löbb.
9 9     C
10 10     C: 643-1948
11 11     C
12 12     G SNG 4529
13 13     Mu
14 14     NY: 1974.26.4292
15 15     NY: 1944.100.65035
16 16     NY: 1974.26.4294
17 17     NY: 1974.26.4293
18 18     NY: 1944.100.65036
19 19     O: HCR30929 M 3442
20 20     O: HCR30930 M 3443
21 21     O: HCR30931 M 3444
22 22     V: GR 25262
23 23     V: GR 25261
24 24     A: 6831 (Demetriou)
25 25     A: 4052 (Demetriou)
26 26     A: 4052a, Δ.κ 341 (Demetriou)
27 27     Cologne Geissen 2666
28 28     Cologne Geissen 2667
29 29     Milan SNG 1598
30 30     CGT coll.
31 31     CGT coll.
32 32     CGT coll. = VAuctions 226, 30 Apr. 2009, lot 106
33 33     CNG EA 232, 28 Apr. 2010, lot 158
34 34     CNG EA 359, 9 Sept. 2015, lot 294
35 35     CNG EA 391, 15 Feb. 2017, lot 402
36 36     CNG EA 407, 11 Oct. 2017, lot 505
37 37     D 4739
38 38     Emporium Hamburg 74, 12 Nov. 2015, lot 328
39 39     J. Aiello coll.
40 40     Naumann 56, 6 Aug. 2017, lot 462
41 41     Naville Numismatics 31, 14 May 2017, lot 163
42 42     Peus 409, 25 Apr. 2013, lot 987 = Peus 406, 25 Apr. 2012, lot 658
43 43     Savoca Blue 6, 7 Apr. 2018, lot 730