RPC VII.2, 3798

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3798
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 Eirene standing left, holding olive branch and transverse sceptre
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 13.13 g
Axis 12
Reference D 4722
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.65013
2 2     ✸ D 4722
3 3     Naville Numismatics 54, 15 Dec. 2019, lot 343 = DS 10218