RPC VII.2, 3882

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3882
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 Tyche reclining, left, on garlanded couch, holding rudder and raising arm to head
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 12.78 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference BMC 1893; D 4784; M 3480–1; Geissen 2679
Specimens 26 (12 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1864,1118.775 BMC 1893
2 2     P: 3178
3 3     ✸ P: 1967.1868
4 4     B: 18275504, Löbb.
5 5     Cop SNG 695
6 6     Mu SNG 1606
7 7     NY: 1944.100.65062
8 8     NY: 1974.26.4303
9 9     NY: 1944.100.65063
10 10     O: HCR30955 M 3480
11 11     O: HCR30956 M 3481
12 12     V: GR 25275
13 13     A: 4066 (Demetriou)
14 14     A: 6840 (Demetriou)
15 15     Cologne Geissen 2679
16 16     B. Michaux coll.
17 17     C. Rhodes coll.
18 18     CNG EA 403, 9 Aug. 2017, lot 515
19 19     CNG EA 407, 11 Oct. 2017, lot 512
20 20     D 4784
21 21     Leu EA 2, 3 Dec. 2017, lot 532
22 22     M&M GmbH 35, 17 Nov. 2011, lot 183 = M&M AG, list 399, 1978, lot 219
23 23     Naville Numismatics 29, 26 Feb. 2017, lot 326
24 24     Sonntag 21, 8 June 2015, lot 53
25 25     Boston: 1985.1248
26 26     A. Tomaszewski coll.