RPC VII.2, 3807

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3807
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(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 Nilus reclining on hippopotamus left, holding cornucopia and reed
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 12.50 g
Axis 1, 11, 12
Reference D 4764; M 3428; Geissen 2659
Specimens 19 (12 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1950,1006.127 BMC Supp. 3215
2 2     B: 18275342, Löbb.
3 3     C: 864-1950
4 4     Cop SNG 688
5 5     G SNG 4526
6 6     Mu SNG 1596
7 7     NY: 1944.100.65022
8 8     ✸ NY: 1944.100.65021
9 9     NY: 1974.26.4286
10 10     NY: 1974.26.4285
11 11     O: HCR30922 M 3428
12 12     V: GR 25258
13 13     A: 4041 (Demetriou)
14 14     Cologne Geissen 2659
15 15     CNG EA 407, 11 Oct. 2017, lot 501
16 16     CNG EA 413, 31 Jan. 2018, lot 384
17 17     D 4764
18 18     Figari & Mosconi 1409 = Bayerische Vereinsbank, Münzschätze 11, 1976, lot 180 = Emporium Hamburg FPL 220, Aug. 2008, lot 550 = Schulten, 11 Apr. 1988, lot 997 = DS 10263
19 19     Savoca Blue 6, 7 Apr. 2018, lot 729