RPC VII.2, 3809

 

Image of specimen #9

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3809
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue LƐ = year 5
Dating AD 241/2
Obverse inscription Α Κ Μ ΑΝ(Τ) ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΕΥ(Ϲ)(ΕΒ)
Edition Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Εὐσεβ(ής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Pious
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front, with gorgoneion
Reverse inscription L Ε
Edition (ἔτους) εʹ
Translation of year 5
Reverse design Roma standing left, raising right arm and holding sceptre and paludamentum
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 12.52 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference BMC 1905; D 4767
Specimens 15 (6 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1856,0903.33 BMC 1905
2 2     P: 3159
3 3     B: 18275346, 1892/96
4 4     B: 18275343, Löbb.
5 5     NY: 1974.26.4287
6 6     NY: 1944.100.65023
7 7     A: 4037 (Demetriou)
8 8     C. Rhodes coll.
9 9     ✸ CNG EA 359, 9 Sept. 2015, lot 291
10 10     Figari & Mosconi 1406 = Schulten, 11 Apr. 1988, lot 995 = D 4767
11 11     Figari & Mosconi 1407 = Hirsch 199, 6 May 1998, lot 341 = DS 10266
12 12     J. Aiello coll.
13 13     J. Aiello coll.
14 14     Private coll.
15 15     Boston: 2004.1331