RPC VII.2, 3685

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3685
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Pupienus and Balbinus
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Caesar)
Issue LΑ = year 1
Dating AD 238
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΝ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀν(τώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Σεβ(αστοῦ)
Translation Marcus Antonius Gordianus, son of Augustus
Obverse design bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L Α
Edition (ἔτους) αʹ
Translation of year 1
Reverse design Athena seated left, holding Nike and spear; shield leaning against the throne
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 12.97 g
Axis 11, 12
Specimens 4 (0 in the core collections)
Note On this obverse inscription, see the introduction to Alexandria.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Aretusa 4, 22 Mar. 1996, lot 600 = CNA 41, 19 Mar. 1997, lot 1317
2 2     ✸ CNG EA 409, 8 Nov. 2017, lot 473 = CNA 6, 1 Mar. 1984, lot 322 = Empire Coins 8, 7 Dec. 1987, lot 678
3 3     CNG, Triton 21, Jan. 2018, lot 214 (G. Staffieri coll.) = Figari & Mosconi 1391 = Finarte Casa D'Aste 995, 26 Nov. 1996), lot 1185 (C. Fontana Coll.) = DS 10190
4 4     Figari & Mosconi 1392 = CNG 41, 19 Mar. 1997, lot 1317 = Aretusa 4, 22 Mar. 1996, lot 600 = Ars et Nummus, FPL May–June 1970, lot 247 = DS 10191