RPC VII.2, 3775

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3775
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 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 front
Reverse inscription L - Δ
Edition ἔτους δʹ (ἔτους) δʹ
Translation of year 4
Reverse design Nike advancing right, head left, holding wreath and palm over shoulder
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 12.64 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference BMC 1883; DS 10246
Specimens 7 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1864,1118.766 BMC 1883
2 2     ✸ B: 18275312, Löbb.
3 3     A: 4024 (Demetriou)
4 4     A: 6823 (Demetriou)
5 5     DS 10246
6 6     Hirsch 153, 18 Feb. 1987, lot 541
7 7     C. Rhodes coll.