RPC VII.2, 3843

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3843
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 Elpis advancing left, holding flower and raising skirt
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 12.45 g
Axis 11
Reference D 4725
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     A: 4053 (Demetriou)
2 2     ✸ Naville 48, 7 Apr. 2019, lot 300 = Coins & Antiquities Ltd, London, 59, lot 155 = D 4725