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AR23 - Gordian III L Ε
| Issuer | Alexandria (Egypt) |
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| Year | 241-242 |
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| Composition | Billon |
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| Obverse lettering | Α Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΕΥϹ |
| Reverse description | Nilus, the personification of the river Nile, reclines to the left atop a hippopotamus, his emblematic beast of the river. The god is depicted holding a tall cornucopia in his left arm, symbolising the river's agricultural abundance, and a reed stalk in his right hand. The date regnal formula L Ε (Year 5) appears in the field, corresponding to the fifth year of Gordian III's reign in the Alexandrian reckoning. The composition is a hallmark of Alexandrian civic coinage, celebrating Egypt's fertile dependence on the annual Nile inundation. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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