RPC VII.2, 3820

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3820
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 ΑΝ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΕΥϹ
Edition Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀν(τώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Εὐσ(εβής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordian Pious
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription L - Ε
Edition (ἔτους) εʹ
Translation of year 5
Reverse design laureate head of Zeus, right, with drapery on left shoulder
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 11.93 g
Axis 11, 12
Specimens 5 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     A: 1897/8 IH, 694/1165 (Demetriou)
2 2     CNA 7, 5 May 1989, lot 183
3 3     CNG EA 359, 9 Sept. 2015, lot 290
4 4     ✸ CNG EA 403, 9 Aug. 2017, lot 513
5 5     B. Michaux coll.