RPC VII.2, 3853

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3853
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 Zeus seated left, holding patera and sceptre; at left, eagle
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 1, 11, 12
Reference BMC 1858; D 4797; M 3434
Specimens 23 (13 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1864,1118.772 BMC 1858
2 2     P: 1967.1859
3 3     P: 3167
4 4     C
5 5     Cop SNG 690
6 6     G SNG 4532
7 7     NY: 1944.100.65045
8 8     ✸ NY: 1944.100.65044
9 9     NY: 1974.26.4297
10 10     NY: 1944.100.65043
11 11     NY: 1941.131.982
12 12     O: HCR30925 M 3434
13 13     V: GR 32554
14 14     A: Δ.κ. 340, 4050a (Demetriou)
15 15     A: 4050 (Demetriou)
16 16     Beirut-AUB: C3678
17 17     CNG EA 355, 15 July 2015, lot 436
18 18     CNG EA 368, 10 Feb. 2016, lot 356
19 19     CNG EA 407, 11 Oct. 2017, lot 508
20 20     D 4797
21 21     J. Aiello coll.
22 22     Naville Numismatics 29, 26 Feb. 2017, lot 325
23 23     Naville Numismatics 32, 18 June 2017, lot 315 = ex Dattari