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

Number Number 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