RPC VII.2, 3746

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3746
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 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
Translation of year 3
Reverse design Homonoia standing left, raising right arm, holding double cornucopia
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 12.45 g
Axis 9, 11, 12
Reference BMC 1875; D 4736; KM 3355–5; 2637
Specimens 15 (8 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1864,1118.761 BMC 1875
2 2     P: AA.GR.19639
3 3     P: 3142
4 4     B: 18275289, 1892/96
5 5     NY: 1944.100.64966
6 6     NY: 1944.100.64967
7 7     ✸ O: HCR30853
8 8     O: HCR30852 M 3355
9 9     A: 4002 (Demetriou)
10 10     Brussels: 787
11 11     Cologne Geissen 2637
12 12     B. Michaux coll.
13 13     CNG EA 359, 9 Sept. 2015, lot 276
14 14     D 4736
15 15     DS Supp. 604