RPC VII.2, 3735


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Coin type
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Volume	VII.2
Number	3735
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	Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Pius
Obverse design	laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription	L Β
Reverse design	Zeus seated left, holding patera and sceptre; at left, eagle
Metal	debased silver
Average diameter	23 mm
Axis	12
Reference	DS 10282–3
Specimens	3 (1 in the core collections)