RPC VII.2, 3791

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3791
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue LƐ = year 5
Dating AD 241/2
Obverse inscription Α Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΕΥ(Ϲ)
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανὸς Εὐσεβής Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Εὐσ(εβής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Pious
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front, with gorgoneion
Reverse inscription L Ε
Edition ἔτους εʹ (ἔτους) εʹ
Translation of year 5
Reverse design Asclepius standing left, holding patera over altar, and serpent staff
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 12.73 g
Axis 12
Reference BMC 1868; D 4703; M 3418; Geissen 2655
Specimens 13 (4 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1856,0903.32 BMC 1868
2 2     ✸ P: 3160
3 3     NY: 1944.100.65009
4 4     O: HCR30915 M 3418
5 5     A: 4070 (Demetriou)
6 6     Cologne Geissen 2655
7 7     B. Michaux coll.
8 8     Bayerische Vereinsbank, Münzschätze 6, Apr. 1974, lot 217 = DS 10201
9 9     CNG EA 359, 9 Sept. 2015, lot 285
10 10     CNG EA 384, 12 Oct. 2016, lot 487
11 11     D 4703
12 12     DS 12397
13 13     A. Tomaszewski coll. = CNG EA 563, 5 June 2024, lot 616