RPC VII.2, 3844

 

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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
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 Homonoia standing left, raising right arm, holding double cornucopia
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
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