RPC VII.2, 3879

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3879
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
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Pius
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L - Ζ
Reverse design Sarapis seated left, extending arm over Cerberus, and holding sceptre; Nike on throne
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 11, 12
Reference BMC 1897; D 4776; M 3486
Specimens 9 (6 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: GC15p245.1897 BMC 1897
2 2     ✸ P: 3176
3 3     B: 18275375, Löbb.
4 4     NY: 1944.100.65061
5 5     O: HCR30959 M 3486
6 6     V: GR 25274
7 7     A: 4063 (Demetriou)
8 8     Milan SNG 1607
9 9     Naville Numismatics 30, 2 Apr. 2017, lot 345 = D 4776