RPC VII.2, 3839

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3839
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 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
Translation of year 6
Reverse design bust of Athena, left, wearing aegis
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 13.86 g
Axis 11
Reference BMC 1862; D 4705
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1864,1118.774 BMC 1862
2 2     L: 1914,0403.17 BMC Supp. 3203
3 3     A: 4049 (Demetriou)
4 4     Naville Numismatics 66, 27 June 2021, lot 254 = D 4705