RPC VII.2, 3738

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3738
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue LΓ = year 3
Dating AD 239/40
Obverse inscription Α Κ Μ ΑΝ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΕΥϹ(Ε)(Β)
Edition Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀν(τώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Εὐσεβ(ής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Pious
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription L Γ
Edition (ἔτους) γʹ
Translation of year 3
Reverse design bust of Athena, right, wearing aegis
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 11.68 g
Axis 12
Reference D 4704; Geissen 2634
Specimens 6 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1973.56.1063
2 2     A: 4000 (Demetriou)
3 3     Cologne Geissen 2634
4 4     D 4704
5 5     DS 12398
6 6     ✸ Rauch 98, 21 Sept. 2015, lot 260