RPC VII.2, 3803

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3803
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)
Edition Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Εὐσ(εβής)
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
Translation of year 5
Reverse design Nike advancing right, holding wreath and palm over shoulder
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 13.06 g
Axis 12
Reference D 4744; M 3421; Geissen 2658
Specimens 15 (5 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18275349, Löbb.
2 2     NY: 1944.100.65018
3 3     ✸ NY: 1944.100.65017
4 4     NY: 1974.26.4284
5 5     O: HCR30917 M 3421
6 6     A: 4038 (Demetriou)
7 7     Cologne Geissen 2658
8 8     Milan SNG 1595
9 9     B. Michaux coll.
10 10     B. Michaux coll.
11 11     CNG EA 359, 9 Sept. 2015, lot 289
12 12     D 4744
13 13     DS 10238
14 14     J. Aiello coll.
15 15     Private coll.