RPC VII.2, 3692

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3692
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 ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑ
Edition Μᾶρκος Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανὸς Καῖσαρ Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Καῖσα(ρ)
Translation Marcus Antonius Gordian Caesar
Obverse design bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L - Α
Edition ἔτους αʹ (ἔτους) αʹ
Translation of year 1
Reverse design draped bust of Isis, right, wearing disk and plumes; to right, palm branch
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 12.95 g
Axis 11
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note Emmett pointed out that this coin is from the same rev. die as a coin of Maximus Caesar, year 4 of the reign of Maximimus (J. Aiello coll.), where the letter Δ has been recut into Α.
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ A: 3976 (Demetriou)