RPC VII.2, 3881

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3881
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 draped bust of Selene, right, wearing taenia; before, large crescent
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 11.87 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference BMC 1861; M 3468
Specimens 7 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1844,0425.2472 BMC 1861
2 2     G SNG 4538
3 3     NY: 1944.100.65071
4 4     O: HCR30945 M 3468
5 5     A: 1897/8 IH, 699/1171 (Demetriou)
6 6     DS 10271
7 7     J. Aiello coll. = CNG EA 324, 9 Apr. 2014, lot 272