RPC VII.2, 3839

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3839
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
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 Ϛ
Reverse design bust of Athena, left, wearing aegis
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Axis 11
Reference BMC 1862; D 4705
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1864,1118.774 BMC 1862
2 2     L: 1914,0403.17 BMC Supp. 3203
3 3     A: 4049 (Demetriou)
4 4     Naville Numismatics 66, 27 June 2021, lot 254 = D 4705