RPC VII.2, 3775


Image of specimen #2

Coin type
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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
Nominative	Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Pius
Obverse design	laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription	L - Δ
Reverse design	Nike advancing right, head left, holding wreath and palm over shoulder
Metal	debased silver
Average diameter	23 mm
Axis	11, 12
Reference	BMC 1883; DS 10246
Specimens	6 (2 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	More
1	1	L: 1864,1118.766	BMC 1883	23	11.29		Show
2	2 ✸	B: 18275312, Löbb.		22	13.31	12	Show
3	3	A: 4024 (Demetriou)		23	13.69	12	Show
4	4	A: 6823 (Demetriou)		23.7	11.90	11	Show
5	5		DS 10246				Show
6	6		Hirsch 153, 18 Feb. 1987, lot 541				Show