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VII.2, 3847
Image of specimen #1
Coin type
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Volume
VII.2
Number
3847
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 Ɛ(Υ)
Nominative
Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Pius
Obverse design
laureate and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, r., seen from front, with gorgoneion
Reverse inscription
L - Ϛ
Reverse design
bust of Nilus, r., crowned with taenia and lotus-buds, drapery on l. shoulder; behind, cornucopia
Metal
Debased silver
Average diameter
23 mm
Axis
3, 12
Reference
Geissen 2669
Specimens
8 (3 in the core collections)
Specimens of this coin type
Number
Number
Obverse
Reverse
Museum
Bibliography
Diameter
Weight
Axis
Note
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1
1
✸
P: 3166
24
15.19
3
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2
2
G
SNG 4531
22
11.12
12
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3
3
NY: 1973.56.1070
23.9
11.66
12
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4
4
Cologne
Geissen 2669
23
12.74
12
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5
5
cgb.fr MBS 49, 30 June 2011, lot 362
22.5
12.56
12
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6
6
CNG EA 274, 22 Feb. 2012, lot 287
23
14.13
12
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7
7
DS 10255
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8
8
Peus 336, 28 Apr. 1993, lot 712 = DS 10256
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