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AR24 - Gordian III L - Ϛ
| Issuer | Alexandria (Egypt) |
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| Year | 242-243 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Empress Tranquillina facing right, wearing a stephane (diadem) and an elaborately braided coiffure. The effigy displays fine drapery at the shoulder and upper arm, rendered in the characteristic Alexandrian provincial style. A circular Greek legend surrounds the bust within the fields of the coin. |
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| Obverse lettering | ϹΑΒ ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΛΕΙΝΑ ϹΕΒ |
| Reverse description | Facing right, the bearded head of the syncretic deity Ammon-Zeus, identifiable by the characteristic curling ram's horn at the temple and a modius or solar headdress atop the crown, rendered in bold high relief in the Alexandrian tradition. To the left of the head in the field stands the regnal year marker L (Egyptian dating formula), and to the right the numeral Ϛ (digamma, denoting year 6 of Gordian III's reign). A dotted border frames the reverse field. |
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