RPC VII.2, 3821

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3821
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(Τ) ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΕΥ(Ϲ)(Ε)(Β)
Edition Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Εὐσεβ(ής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Pious
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 Zeus seated left, holding patera and sceptre; at left, eagle
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 12.24 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference Geissen 2663; M 3411–12
Specimens 22 (15 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1950,1006.118 BMC Supp. 3201
2 2     P: Maspero 585
3 3     ✸ P: Y 4864.3311
4 4     B: 18275341, Löbb.
5 5     B: 18275338, I-B
6 6     B: 18275360, Löbb.
7 7     B: 18275359, 1844/3939
8 8     C
9 9     G SNG 4522
10 10     NY: 1944.100.65030
11 11     NY: 1974.26.4289
12 12     NY: 1944.100.65029
13 13     O: HCR30910 M 3411
14 14     O: HCR30911 M 3412
15 15     V: GR 25249
16 16     A: 4033 (Demetriou)
17 17     Cologne Geissen 2663
18 18     Bayerische Vereinsbank, Münzschätze 11, 1976, lot 181 = DS 10288
19 19     DS 10289
20 20     DS 12415
21 21     Figari & Mosconi 1418 = Schulten, 11 Apr. 1988, lot 998 = DS 10287
22 22     J. Aiello coll.