RPC VII.2, 3753

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3753
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)
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 Nilus reclining on hippopotamus left, holding cornucopia and reed
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 13.26 g
Axis 7, 11, 12
Reference BMC 1902; M 3363; D 4762
Specimens 11 (6 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1864,1118.764 BMC 1902
2 2     P: 3143
3 3     B: 18275285, 1892/96
4 4     B: 18275284, Löbb.
5 5     ✸ NY: 1944.100.64972
6 6     O: HCR30861 M 3363
7 7     A: 4009 (Demetriou)
8 8     C. Rhodes coll.
9 9     D 4762
10 10     DS 10260
11 11     Pecunem 33, 5 July 2015, lot 415 = Roma Numismatics 4, 30 Sept. 2012, lot 2473