RPC VII.2, 3737

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3737
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue LΓ = year 3
Dating AD 239/40
Obverse inscription Α Κ Μ ΑΝ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΕΥϹ(Ε)(Β)
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανὸς Εὐσεβής Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀν(τώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Εὐσεβ(ής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Pious
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription L - Γ
Edition ἔτους γʹ (ἔτους) γʹ
Translation of year 3
Reverse design head of Ammon, right, wearing horn and headdress of ram’s horns, with drapery on left shoulder
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 12.26 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference D 4798; M 3360
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ O: HCR30858 M 3360
2 2     A: 1897/8 IH, 673/1161 (Demetriou)
3 3     D 4798