RPC VII.2, 3745

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3745
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 ΕΥϹΕ
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 front
Reverse inscription L - Γ
Edition (ἔτους) γʹ
Translation of year 3
Reverse design Hermanubis standing right, wearing kalathos, holding winged caduceus and palm-leaf; behind, jackal
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 11.95 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference D 4730; M 3362
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1973.56.1064
2 2     O: HCR30860 M 3362
3 3     C. Rhodes coll.
4 4     CNG EA 445, 5 June 2019, lot 295 = CNA 4, 21 Sept. 1988, lot 318
5 5     ✸ Naville 48, 7 Apr. 2019, lot 297 = Coins & Antiquities Ltd, London, 59, lot 156 = D 4730