RPC VII.2, 3875

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3875
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
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Pius
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L Ζ
Reverse design bust of Hermanubis right, wearing kalathos with taenia and lotus petals in front, with drapery on left shoulder; at right, winged caduceus and palm
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 12
Reference D 4727; M 3488; Geissen 2674
Specimens 9 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1935.117.875
2 2     NY: 1944.100.65052
3 3     O: HCR30960 M 3488
4 4     O: HCR30961 M 3489
5 5     A: 6835 (Demetriou)
6 6     Cologne Geissen 2674
7 7     B. Michaux coll.
8 8     ✸ CNG EA 355, 15 July 2015, lot 437
9 9     Naville Numismatics 46, 27 Jan. 2019, lot 313 = D 4727