RPC VII.2, 3796

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3796
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 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 - Ε
Edition (ἔτους) εʹ
Translation of year 5
Reverse design eagle standing left, head right, holding wreath in beak
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 13.04 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference BMC 1910; M 3409
Specimens 10 (4 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: GC15p247.1910 BMC 1910
2 2     P: 3165
3 3     ✸ B: 18275356, 1844/3938
4 4     O: HCR30908 M 3409
5 5     A: 4044 (Demetriou)
6 6     CNG EA 359, 9 Sept. 2015, lot 284
7 7     DS 10303
8 8     Malloy 14, 2 July 1979, lot 611
9 9     Naville Numismatics 38, 11 Mar. 2018, lot 428 = DS 10306
10 10     Naville Numismatics 47, 3 Mar. 2019, lot 327 = DS 10305