RPC VII.2, 3872

 

Image of specimen #5

 

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
Edition Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Εὐ(σεβής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Pius
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L - Ζ
Edition (ἔτους) ζʹ
Translation year 7
Reverse design eagle standing facing, head right, spreading wings, holding wreath in talons
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 12.58 g
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