RPC VII.2, 3851

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3851
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 Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανὸς Εὐσεβής 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 (ἔτους) ϛʹ
Translation of year 6
Reverse design Tyche reclining, left, on garlanded couch, holding rudder and raising arm to head
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 11.96 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference D 4783
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1979,0513.8 BMC Supp. 3210 = D 4783
2 2     ✸ P: 1967.1857
3 3     NY: 1944.100.65075
4 4     A: 1897/8 IH, 697/1168 (Demetriou)
5 5     J. Aiello coll.