RPC VII.2, 3771

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3771
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 head of Hermanubis right, wearing kalathos with taenia and lotus petals in front, with traces of drapery on left shoulder; at right, winged caduceus and palm
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 11.81 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference M 3393
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1973.56.1066
2 2     ✸ O: HCR30892 M 3393
3 3     A: 4013 (Demetriou)
4 4     CNG EA 403, 9 Aug. 2017, lot 511
5 5     DS 10220
6 6     Figari & Mosconi 1400 = Schulten, 11 Apr. 1988, lot 991 = DS 10219