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 ƐΥ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Pius
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, r., seen from rear
Reverse inscription L Ζ
Reverse design bust of Nilus, r., crowned with taenia and lotus-buds, drapery on l. shoulder; before, cornucopia
Metal Debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
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

Number Number 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.