RPC VII.2, 3708

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3708
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue LΒ = year 2
Dating AD 238/9
Obverse inscription Α Κ Μ ΑΝ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΕΥ(Ϲ)(Ε)
Edition Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀν(τώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Εὐσε(βής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Pious
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription L - Β
Edition (ἔτους) βʹ
Translation of year 2
Reverse design Elpis advancing left, holding flower and raising skirt
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 10.81 g
Reference D 4723
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     DS 12404
2 2     ✸ J. Aiello coll.
3 3     Naville Numismatics 52, 22 Sept. 2019, lot 353 = D 4723