RPC VII.2, 3873

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3873
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue LΖ = year 7
Dating AD 243/4
Obverse inscription Α Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΕΥ
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 - Ζ
Edition (ἔτους) ζʹ
Translation year 7
Reverse design eagle standing left, head right, holding wreath in beak
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 12.00 g
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Note The style is very unusual; it might well be an imitation.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1919,0815.1 BMC Supp. 3218