RPC VII.2, 3878

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3878
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 of year 7
Reverse design bust of Nilus, right, crowned with taenia and lotus-buds, drapery on left shoulder; before, cornucopia
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 12.46 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference BMC 1899; D 4758; M 3491–2; Geissen 2676–7
Specimens 20 (11 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1844,0425.2529 BMC 1899
2 2     B: 18275379, 1892/96
3 3     B: 18275378, Löbb.
4 4     C
5 5     G SNG 4540
6 6     NY: 1944.100.65057
7 7     NY: 1974.26.4301
8 8     NY: 1944.100.65058
9 9     ✸ NY: 1935.117.874
10 10     O: HCR30962 M 3491
11 11     O: HCR30963 M 3492
12 12     A: 4061 (Demetriou)
13 13     Cologne Geissen 2676
14 14     Cologne Geissen 2677
15 15     B. Michaux coll.
16 16     CNG EA 359, 9 Sept. 2015, lot 298
17 17     D 4758
18 18     Figari & Mosconi 1404 = Schulten, 11 Apr. 1988, lot 1007 = DS 10257
19 19     iNumis MBS 29, 2 June 2015, lot 406
20 20     J. Aiello coll.