RPC VII.2, 3813

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3813
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 she-wolf standing right, head left, feeding twins
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 12.33 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference D 4813
Specimens 4 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     A: 4043 (Demetriou)
2 2     G. Staffieri coll.
3 3     Kunst und Münzen FPL 42, June 1980, lot 165
4 4     ✸ Naville Numismatics 70, 12 Dec. 2021, lot 312 = D 4813