RPC VII.2, 3727

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3727
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 ΕΥϹ(Ε)
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 front
Reverse inscription L Β
Edition ἔτους βʹ (ἔτους) βʹ
Translation of year 2
Reverse design Nilus reclining on hippopotamus left, holding cornucopia and reed
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 12.33 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference BMC 1901; D 4760; M 3343–4; Geissen 2628
Specimens 14 (5 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: GC15p246.1901 BMC 1901
2 2     G SNG 4507
3 3     NY: 1944.100.64952
4 4     O: HCR30840 M 3343
5 5     O: HCR30841 M 3344
6 6     A: 3994 (Demetriou)
7 7     Cologne Geissen 2628
8 8     Frankfurt: 3037 Förschner 922
9 9     B. Michaux coll.
10 10     C. Rhodes coll. = CNG EA 447, 3 July 2019, lot 237
11 11     ✸ CNG EA 407, 11 Oct. 2017, lot 488
12 12     D 4760
13 13     J. Aiello coll.
14 14     Naville Numismatics 21, 20 Mar. 2016, lot 405