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AR23 - Gordian III L - Β
| Issuer | Alexandria (Egypt) |
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| Year | 238-239 |
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| Weight | 12.70 g |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
| Obverse lettering | Α Κ Μ ΑΝ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΕΥ(Ϲ)(Ε)(Β) |
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Gordian III came to power at thirteen years old following the violent deaths of Gordian I and II within weeks of each other — a dynastic collapse so swift that the Senate scrambled to legitimize the boy as sole Augustus in 238, the so-called Year of the Six Emperors. Alexandria's mint, operating under Roman administration but producing tetradrachms on the old Ptolemaic weight standard, dated this issue to regnal year 2 (L-Β), placing it in 238–239. The Alexandrian dating system is among the more reliable tools for sequencing Gordian's early provincial issues.