RPC VII.2, 3786

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3786
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue LΔ = year 4
Dating AD 240/1
Obverse inscription Α Κ Μ ΑΝ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΕΥ(Ϲ)(Ε)
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Pius
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription L Δ
Reverse design Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 6, 7, 11, 12
Reference BMC 1890; D 4780; M 3387–8; Geissen 2650
Specimens 25 (14 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1860,0327.221 BMC 1890
2 2     P: 3155
3 3     P: 1967.1858
4 4     P: 3125
5 5     B: 18275321, 1873 Gansauge
6 6     B: 18275316, Löbb.
7 7     Cop SNG 684
8 8     NY: 1944.100.64999
9 9     NY: 1944.100.64998
10 10     NY: 1944.100.65000
11 11     NY: 1974.26.4279
12 12     ✸ O: HCR30886 M 3387
13 13     O: HCR30887 M 3388
14 14     V: GR 37973
15 15     A: 4021 (Demetriou)
16 16     Cologne Geissen 2650
17 17     Bayerische Vereinsbank, Münzschätze 10, Nov. 1975, lot 401 = DS 10279
18 18     Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR 9, 29 Apr. 2014, lot 723
19 19     CNG 109, 12 Sept. 2018, lot 518 = CNG 39, 18 Sept. 1996, lot 1083
20 20     CNG EA 184, 19 Mar. 2008, lot 144
21 21     Figari & Mosconi 1411 = D 4780
22 22     Figari & Mosconi 1412 = NAC L, 18 May 2001, lot 2045 = Schulten, 11 Apr. 1988, lot 993 = DS 10278
23 23     iNumis MBS 29, 2 June 2015, lot 405 = iNumis MBS 22, 4 June 2013, lot 234 = Elsen 98, 13 Dec. 2008, lot 610
24 24     J. Aiello coll.
25 25     J. Aiello coll.