RPC VII.2, 3789

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3789
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)
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 Zeus standing left, holding patera and sceptre; at left, eagle
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 11, 12
Reference D 4791; M 3370
Specimens 8 (4 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1950,1006.119 BMC Supp. 3200
2 2     ✸ P: 1967.1863
3 3     NY: 1944.100.65001
4 4     O: HCR30868 M 3370
5 5     A: 4015 (Demetriou)
6 6     Brussels: II, 52.562
7 7     Bayerische Vereinsbank Münzschätze 16, Nov. 1977, lot 269 = Bayerische Vereinsbank Münzschätze 10, Nov. 1975, lot 403 = D 4791
8 8     DS 12414