RPC VII.2, 3715

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3715
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(Β)
Edition 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
Translation of year 2
Reverse design Hermanubis standing right, wearing kalathos, holding winged caduceus and palm-leaf; behind, jackal
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 12.06 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference BMC 1898; D 4729
Specimens 11 (5 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1856,0903.27 BMC 1898
2 2     NY: 1944.100.64945
3 3     NY: 1944.100.64944
4 4     ✸ NY: 1935.117.871
5 5     NY: 1974.26.4259
6 6     Milan SNG 1586
7 7     B. Michaux coll.
8 8     D 4729
9 9     J. Aiello coll.
10 10     Ritter FPL 49, Apr. 1999, lot 873
11 11     Savoca 22, 29 Apr. 2018, lot 338