RPC VII.2, 3872

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3872
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue LΖ = year 7
Dating AD 243/4
Obverse inscription Α Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΕΥ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Pius
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L - Ζ
Reverse design eagle standing facing, head right, spreading wings, holding wreath in talons
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 1, 11, 12
Reference BMC 1912–13; D 4811; M 3493–7; Geissen 2671–2
Specimens 58 (28 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1887,1007.1 BMC 1912
2 2     L: 1856,0903.35 BMC 1913
3 3     P: 1967.1862
4 4     P: 3182
5 5     ✸ P: 1967.1867
6 6     P: AA.GR.19600
7 7     P: 3183
8 8     B: 18275514, 1846/7226-56
9 9     B: 18275513, Löbb.
10 10     B: 18275512, 1892/96
11 11     C: 866-1950
12 12     C
13 13     Cop SNG 696
14 14     Cop SNG 697
15 15     G SNG 4539
16 16     NY: 1944.100.65067
17 17     NY: 1974.26.4305
18 18     NY: 1974.26.4304
19 19     NY: 1944.100.65066
20 20     NY: 1944.100.65069
21 21     NY: 1944.100.65068
22 22     O: HCR30964 M 3493
23 23     O: HCR30965 M 3494
24 24     O: HCR30966 M 3495
25 25     O: HCR30967 M 3496
26 26     O: HCR30968 M 3497
27 27     V: GR 25276
28 28     V: GR 25277
29 29     A: 4068 (Demetriou)
30 30     A: 6841/1 (Demetriou)
31 31     A: 6841 (Demetriou)
32 32     A: A.E 114 (Demetriou)
33 33     Cologne Geissen 2671
34 34     Cologne Geissen 2672
35 35     Frankfurt: 3052 Förschner 931
36 36     Frankfurt: 3051 Förschner 932
37 37     Milan SNG 1601
38 38     Milan SNG 1602
39 39     C. Rhodes coll.
40 40     CGT coll.
41 41     CNG EA 359, 9 Sept. 2015, lot 295
42 42     CNG EA 368, 10 Feb. 2016, lot 357
43 43     CNG EA 391, 15 Feb. 2017, lot 404
44 44     D 4811
45 45     Falghera 2250
46 46     J. Aiello coll.
47 47     J. Aiello coll.
48 48     Naville Numismatics 35, 29 Oct. 2017, lot 454 = ex Dattari
49 49     Naville Numismatics 40, 27 May 2018, lot 421 = DS pl. 255
50 50     Naville Numismatics 41, 24 June 2018, lot 290
51 51     Naville Numismatics 44, 4 Nov. 2018, lot 340 = DS 12422
52 52     Nomos 15, 22 Oct. 2017, lot 279
53 53     Pecunem 10, 1 Dec. 2013, lot 328
54 54     Private coll.
55 55     Rauch 98, 21 Sept. 2015, lot 263
56 56     Rauch E-20, 27 June 2016, lot 190 = Rauch 90, 4 June 2012, lot 715
57 57     Savoca Blue 6, 7 Apr. 2018, lot 732
58 58     Boston: 88.150