RPC VII.2, 3714

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3714
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 Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανὸς Εὐσεβής 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 (ἔτους) βʹ
Translation of year 2
Reverse design jugate busts of Helios, radiate and draped, and Selene, draped, with crescent, right
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 11.09 g
Axis 11, 12
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 3131
2 2     ✸ NY: 1935.117.872
3 3     A: 3985 (Demetriou)
4 4     Malloy 14, 2 July 1979, lot 505
5 5     Münzzentrum Rheinland 130, 11 Jan. 2006, lot 316