RPC VII.2, 3730

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3730
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 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
Translation of year 2
Reverse design Roma standing left, holding spear and parazonium; at left, shield leaning against her leg
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 12.87 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference DS 10196
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
Note This reverse is usually described as Ares, but the similarity with https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/3106 (which certainly depicts Roma as a parallel of https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/2836 for Alexandria) suggest Roma.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1914,0403.28 BMC Supp. 3205
2 2     ✸ B: 18275273, Löbb.
3 3     A: 3996 (Demetriou)
4 4     Figari & Mosconi 1396 = Kunst und Münzen, FPL 42, 1980, lot 162 = DS 10196