RPC VII.2, 3850

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3850
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 draped bust of Sarapis, right, wearing kalathos; behind, sceptre
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Axis 12
Reference D 4771
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1914,0403.48 BMC Supp. 3212
2 2     NY: 1944.100.65074
3 3     ✸ A: 4047 (Demetriou)
4 4     D 4771