RPC VII.2, 3845

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3845
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(ϹΕ)
Edition Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Εὐσε(βής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Pious
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 Nike advancing left, holding wreath and palm over shoulder
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 12.97 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference BMC 1884; D 4749; M 3447
Specimens 8 (4 in the core collections)
Feedback

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1860,0327.222 BMC 1884
2 2     P: 3171
3 3     ✸ NY: 1944.100.65037
4 4     O: HCR30932 M 3447
5 5     A: 1897/8 IH, 698/1169 (Demetriou)
6 6     D 4749 (not illustrated in DS)
7 7     DS 10244
8 8     Naville Numismatics 36, 3 Dec. 2017, lot 463 = D 4745 corr.