RPC VII.2, 3701

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3701
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue LΒ = year 2
Dating AD 238/9
Obverse inscription Α Κ Μ ΑΝ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΕΥϹ(Ε)(Β)
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανὸς Εὐσεβής Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀν(τώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Εὐσεβ(ής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Pious
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription L Β
Edition ἔτους βʹ (ἔτους) βʹ
Translation of year 2
Reverse design Athena seated left, holding Nike and spear; shield leaning against the throne
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 12.51 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference Geissen 2623; M 3337; D 4709
Specimens 12 (6 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 3132
2 2     B: 18275275, Löbb.
3 3     B: 18275274, 1892/96
4 4     NY: 1944.100.64940
5 5     NY: 1974.26.4256
6 6     ✸ O: HCR30834 M 3337
7 7     Cologne Geissen 2623
8 8     B. Michaux coll.
9 9     CNG Triton XXII, 8 Jan. 2019, lot 773 = Münzhandlung Basel 6, 18 Mar. 1936, lot 1139 (part of)
10 10     DS 10202
11 11     Naville Numismatics 50, 23 June 2019, lot 312 = D 4709
12 12     Naville Numismatics 52, 22 Sept. 2019, lot 352 = DS 10203