RPC VII.2, 3709

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3709
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 ΕΥϹΕ
Edition Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀν(τώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Εὐσε(βής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Pious
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L - Β
Edition (ἔτους) βʹ
Translation of year 2
Reverse design Elpis advancing left, holding flower and raising skirt
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 13.08 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference D 4724; M 3325; Geissen 2624
Specimens 7 (5 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 3136
2 2     P: AA.GR.21004
3 3     NY: 1974.26.4258
4 4     NY: 1944.100.64943
5 5     O: HCR30822 M 3325
6 6     Cologne Geissen 2624
7 7     D 4724