RPC VII.2, 3822

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3822
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue LƐ = year 5
Dating AD 241/2
Obverse inscription Α Κ Μ ΑΝ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΕΥϹ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Pius
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription L Ε
Reverse design Zeus seated left, holding patera and sceptre; at left, eagle
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Axis 12
Reference D 4795–6; M 3404
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1935.117.873
2 2     ✸ O: HCR30903 M 3404
3 3     Coins & Antiquities Ltd, London, FPL 58, lot 168 = D 4795
4 4     D 4796
5 5     Malloy 14, 2 Sept. 1979, lot 509