RPC VII.2, 3761

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3761
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 Zeus seated left, holding patera and sceptre; at left, eagle
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 12.51 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference BMC 1856; M 3350–1; D 4793
Specimens 8 (4 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1864,1118.763 BMC 1856
2 2     B: 18275283, 1852/10257
3 3     ✸ O: HCR30847 M 3350
4 4     O: HCR30848 M 3351
5 5     A: 4001 (Demetriou)
6 6     CGT coll.
7 7     D 4793
8 8     DS 10284