RPC VII.2, 3876

 

Image of specimen #17

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3876
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 Homonoia standing left, raising right arm, holding double cornucopia
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 12.63 g
Axis 1, 11, 12
Reference BMC 1879; D 4740; M 3473–7; Geissen 2675
Specimens 38 (20 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: GC15p244.1879 BMC 1879
2 2     P: 3179
3 3     P: 1967.1855
4 4     P: 1967.1854
5 5     B: 18275509, 1873 Gansauge
6 6     B: 18275511, 1892/96
7 7     B: 18275510, Löbb.
8 8     Cop SNG 694
9 9     G SNG 4536
10 10     NY: 1974.26.4299
11 11     NY: 1937.158.550
12 12     NY: 1944.100.65053
13 13     NY: 1944.100.65054
14 14     NY: 1944.100.65055
15 15     O: HCR30949 M 3473
16 16     O: HCR30950 M 3474
17 17     ✸ O: HCR30951 M 3475
18 18     O: HCR30952 M 3476
19 19     O: HCR30953 M 3477
20 20     V: GR 25272
21 21     A: 4064 (Demetriou)
22 22     A: 6838 (Demetriou)
23 23     Cologne Geissen 2675
24 24     Frankfurt: 3050 Förschner 934
25 25     Milan SNG 1604
26 26     CGT coll.
27 27     CNG EA 211, 3 June 2009, lot 345
28 28     CNG EA 355, 15 July 2015, lot 438
29 29     CNG EA 359, 9 Sept. 2015, lot 297
30 30     CNG EA 407, 11 Oct. 2017, lot 510
31 31     CNG EA 416, 14 Mar. 2018, lot 390
32 32     D 4740
33 33     DS 12405
34 34     Hirsch 317, 18 Feb. 2016, lot 2333 (part of)
35 35     J. Aiello coll.
36 36     Naumann 54, 4 June 2017, lot 339
37 37     Roma Numismatics EA 2, 2 Nov. 2013, lot 431
38 38     Roma Numismatics EA 43, 3 Feb. 2018, lot 437