RPC VII.2, 3819

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3819
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 laureate head of Zeus, right, with drapery on left shoulder
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 1
Reference BMC 1854; M 3410; D 4789
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1864,1118.769 BMC 1854
2 2     O: HCR30909 M 3410
3 3     D 4789
4 4     Numismatica 1, 26 Oct. 1972, lot 341