RPC VII.2, 3838

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3838
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue LϚ = year 6
Dating AD 242/3
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 - Ϛ
Edition (ἔτους) ϛʹ
Translation of year 6
Reverse design head of Ammon, right, wearing horn and headdress of ram’s horns
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 10.98 g
Axis 11
Reference D 4800
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     A: 4045 (Demetriou)
2 2     ✸ Figari & Mosconi 1419 = Nomisma 25, 21 Sept. 2003, lot 148 = D 4800