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
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Pius
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L Β
Reverse design jugate busts of Helios, radiate and draped, and Selene, draped, with crescent, right
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 11, 12
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number 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