RPC VII.2, 3822

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3822
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 Zeus seated left, holding patera and sceptre; at left, eagle
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 14.26 g
Axis 12
Reference D 4795–6; M 3404
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1935.117.873
2 2     ✸ O: HCR30903 M 3404
3 3     Coins & Antiquities Ltd, London, FPL 58, lot 168 = D 4795
4 4     D 4796
5 5     Malloy 14, 2 Sept. 1979, lot 509