RPC VII.2, 3883

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3883
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, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L - Ζ
Edition (ἔτους) ζʹ
Translation of year 7
Reverse design laureate head of Zeus, right, with drapery on left shoulder
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 12.58 g
Axis 6, 11, 12
Reference D 4790; M 3464; Geissen 2680
Specimens 18 (12 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1950,1006.116 BMC Supp. 3199
2 2     ✸ P: 3174
3 3     P: AA.GR.20516
4 4     B: 18275372, 1863/28629-14
5 5     B: 18275374, 1892/96
6 6     B: 18275373, Löbb.
7 7     C
8 8     G SNG 4543
9 9     NY: 1944.100.65064
10 10     NY: 1944.100.65065
11 11     O: HCR30943 M 3464
12 12     V: GR 37982
13 13     A: 4059 (Demetriou)
14 14     Cologne Geissen 2680
15 15     CNG EA 355, 15 July 2015, lot 439
16 16     Figari & Mosconi 1416 = Schulten, 11 Apr. 1988, lot 1008 = D 4790
17 17     J. Aiello coll.
18 18     OTH coll. = Rauch 102, 8 Nov. 2016, lot 320