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
Edition 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
Translation of year 5
Reverse design draped bust of Sarapis, left, wearing kalathos; behind, sceptre
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 12.45 g
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