RPC VII.2, 3847

 

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Coin type
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 Ε(Υ)
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 bust of Nilus, right, crowned with taenia and lotus-buds, drapery on left shoulder; behind, cornucopia
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 12.90 g
Axis 3, 12
Reference Geissen 2669
Specimens 8 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 3166
2 2     G SNG 4531
3 3     NY: 1973.56.1070
4 4     Cologne Geissen 2669
5 5     cgb.fr MBS 49, 30 June 2011, lot 362
6 6     CNG EA 274, 22 Feb. 2012, lot 287
7 7     DS 10255
8 8     Peus 336, 28 Apr. 1993, lot 712 = DS 10256