RPC VII.2, 3689

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3689
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 eagle standing left, head right, holding wreath in beak
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 12.20 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference D 4698bis; M 3320
Specimens 9 (1 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     O: HCR30816 M 3320
2 2     A: 1897/8 IH, 690/1158 (Demetriou)
3 3     Milan SNG 1581
4 4     ✸ CNG EA 359, 9 Sept. 2015, lot 268
5 5     D 4698bis
6 6     DS 10193
7 7     Figari & Mosconi 1395 = Auctiones AG 7, 7 June 1977, lot 483 = DS 10194
8 8     G. Staffieri coll.
9 9     Naville Numismatics 45, 9 Dec. 2018, lot 234