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)
Nominative Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription L - Β
Reverse design Hermanubis standing right, wearing kalathos, holding winged caduceus and palm-leaf; behind, jackal
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 11, 12
Reference BMC 1898; D 4729
Specimens 11 (5 in the core collections)

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