RPC VII.2, 3752

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3752
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 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 Γ
Edition ἔτους γʹ (ἔτους) γʹ
Translation of year 3
Reverse design Nike seated left, holding wreath and palm
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 12.42 g
Axis 11, 12
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Note The bust is seen from rear: obverse die of year 2?
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 3147
2 2     B. Michaux coll.