RPC VII.2, 3812

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3812
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
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Pius
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front, with gorgoneion
Reverse inscription L Ε
Reverse design draped bust of Sarapis, left, wearing kalathos; behind, sceptre
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 11, 12
Reference BMC 1894; M 3426; D 4772
Specimens 9 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1864,1118.770 BMC 1894
2 2     NY: 1944.100.65024
3 3     O: HCR30920 M 3426
4 4     A: 1897/8 IH, 695/1166 (Demetriou)
5 5     Michigan R. A. Haatvedt and E. E. Peterson, Coins from Karanis: the University of Michigan excavations, 1924–1935 (Ann Arbor, 1964), no. 742, pl. IV.24
6 6     D 4772
7 7     J. Aiello coll.
8 8     J. Aiello coll.
9 9     Malloy 14, 2 July 1979, lot 504