RPC VII.2, 3745

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3745
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue LΓ = year 3
Dating AD 239/40
Obverse inscription Α Κ Μ ΑΝ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΕΥϹΕ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Pius
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription L - Γ
Reverse design Hermanubis standing right, wearing kalathos, holding winged caduceus and palm-leaf; behind, jackal
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 11, 12
Reference D 4730; M 3362
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1973.56.1064
2 2     O: HCR30860 M 3362
3 3     C. Rhodes coll.
4 4     CNG EA 445, 5 June 2019, lot 295 = CNA 4, 21 Sept. 1988, lot 318
5 5     ✸ Naville 48, 7 Apr. 2019, lot 297 = Coins & Antiquities Ltd, London, 59, lot 156 = D 4730