RPC VII.2, 3784

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3784
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 she-wolf standing right, head left, feeding twins
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 12.47 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference BMC 1906; D 4812; M 3401–2; Geissen 2651
Specimens 13 (7 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1856,0903.31 BMC 1906
2 2     B: 18275329, 1892/96
3 3     NY: 1944.100.65007
4 4     NY: 1974.26.4281
5 5     ✸ O: HCR30900 M 3401
6 6     O: HCR30901 M 3402
7 7     V: GR 37976
8 8     A: 4030 (Demetriou)
9 9     Cologne Geissen 2651
10 10     CNG EA 368, 10 Feb. 2016, lot 351
11 11     D 4812
12 12     Figari & Mosconi 1422 = Peus FPL 19, 1971, lot 100 = DS 10307
13 13     J. Aiello coll.