RPC VII.2, 3801

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3801
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
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Pius
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription L Ε
Reverse design Homonoia standing left, raising right arm, holding double cornucopia
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 11, 12
Reference M 3405
Specimens 7 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.65016
2 2     ✸ O: HCR30904 M 3405
3 3     V: GR 25255
4 4     Frankfurt: 3045 Förschner 929
5 5     B. Michaux coll.
6 6     Elsen 84, 18 June 2005, lot 634
7 7     Savoca EA 23, 17 June 2018, lot 321 = DS 10229