RPC VII.2, 3799

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3799
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
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανὸς Εὐσεβής Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Εὐ(σεβής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Pius
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 bust of Hermanubis right, wearing kalathos with taenia and lotus petals in front, with drapery on left shoulder; at right, winged caduceus and palm
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 12.62 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference D 4726; M 3427
Specimens 7 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18275350, 1892/96
2 2     NY: 1944.100.65014
3 3     O: HCR30921 M 3427
4 4     A: 1897/8 IH, 696/1167 (Demetriou)
5 5     CNG 105, 10 May 2017, lot 644
6 6     ✸ F. Deply coll. = Naville Numismatics 71, 13 Feb. 2022, lot 297 = D 4726
7 7     J. Aiello coll.