RPC VII.2, 3763

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3763
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue LΔ = year 4
Dating AD 240/1
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 - Δ
Edition (ἔτους) δʹ
Translation of year 4
Reverse design Ammon standing left, holding bag (?) and sceptre; at left, ram
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 12.99 g
Axis 11
Reference D 4801; M 3373
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1950,1006.120 BMC Supp. 3214
2 2     ✸ O: HCR30871 M 3373
3 3     Michigan R. A. Haatvedt and E. E. Peterson, Coins from Karanis: the University of Michigan excavations, 1924–1935 (Ann Arbor, 1964), no. 733 (not illustrated)
4 4     Coins & Antiquities Ltd, FPL 58, lot 168 = D 4801