RPC VII.2, 3779

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3779
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 ΕΥ(Ϲ)(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 Roma standing left, raising right arm and holding sceptre and paludamentum
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 12.89 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference D 4766; M 3396–7; Geissen 2648
Specimens 10 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1920,0405.18 BMC Supp. 3216
2 2     ✸ O: HCR30895 M 3396
3 3     O: HCR30896 M 3397
4 4     A: 4028 (Demetriou)
5 5     Cologne Geissen 2648
6 6     B. Michaux coll.
7 7     CNG EA 391, 15 Feb. 2017, lot 395
8 8     DS 10264
9 9     Naville Numismatics 47, 3 Mar. 2019, lot 326 = D 4766
10 10     Boston: 1985.1244