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)
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 Roma standing left, holding spear and parazonium; at left, shield leaning against her leg
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
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