RPC VII.2, 3793

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3793
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 ΑΝ(Τ) ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΕΥ(Ϲ)(ΕΒ)
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανὸς Εὐσεβής Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Εὐσεβ(ής)
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 Athena seated left, holding Nike and spear; shield leaning against the throne
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 12.46 g
Axis 1, 11, 12
Reference BMC 1865; M 3414–16; Geissen 2656
Specimens 30 (16 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1864,1118.768 BMC 1865
2 2     P: 3161
3 3     ✸ P: 1967.1869
4 4     B: 18275347, Löbb.
5 5     C
6 6     G SNG 4524
7 7     Mu
8 8     NY: 1944.100.65012
9 9     NY: 1944.100.65010
10 10     NY: 1974.26.4282
11 11     NY: 1944.100.65011
12 12     O: HCR30912 M 3414
13 13     O: HCR30913 M 3415
14 14     O: HCR30914 M 3416
15 15     V: GR 25250
16 16     V: GR 25251
17 17     A: 4042 (Demetriou)
18 18     Cologne Geissen 2656
19 19     Milan SNG 1593
20 20     CGT coll.
21 21     CNG EA 359, 9 Sept. 2015, lot 286
22 22     D 4714 corr.
23 23     DS 10209
24 24     DS 10210
25 25     Falghera 2249
26 26     J. Aiello coll.
27 27     J. Aiello coll.
28 28     Rauch E-20, 27 June 2016, lot 189
29 29     Roma Numismatics EA 30, 29 Oct. 2016, lot 271
30 30     C. Rhodes coll.