RPC VII.2, 3734

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3734
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 rear
Reverse inscription L Β
Edition ἔτους βʹ (ἔτους) βʹ
Translation of year 2
Reverse design laureate head of Zeus, right, with drapery on left shoulder
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 11.44 g
Axis 1, 3, 11, 12
Reference D 4786; M 3321; Geissen 2631
Specimens 12 (7 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1950,1006.115 BMC Supp. 3198
2 2     P: 3129
3 3     B: 18275268, Löbb.
4 4     G SNG 4504
5 5     NY: 1944.100.64955
6 6     ✸ O: HCR30818 M 3321
7 7     O: HCR30819 M 3322
8 8     A: 3984 (Demetriou)
9 9     Cologne Geissen 2631
10 10     CNG EA 293, 19 Dec. 2012, lot 220
11 11     D 4786
12 12     J. Gebauer coll. = CNG EA 577, 18 Dec. 2024, lot 371