RPC VII.2, 3168

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3168
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Aegeae
Reign Pupienus and Balbinus
Person (obv.) Gordian I (Divus) ; Gordian II (Divus)
Issue Year ΔΠϹ = 284
Dating AD 238
Obverse inscription ΘΕΟΥϹ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟΥϹ ϹΕΜ Ρω ΑΦΡΙ ϹΕΒΒ
Nominative Divi Gordiani Semproniani Romani Africani Augusti
Obverse design confronted heads of Gordian I, laureate, right, and Gordian II, laureate, left
Reverse inscription ϹΕΥ ΑΔΡΙ ΑΙΓΕΑΙωΝ ΝΕ ΝΑ, ΔΠϹ
Reverse design eagle standing left on altar, head right, wings spread
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Axis 6
Reference Haymann 198 corr.
Specimens 4 (0 in the core collections)
Note For the correct reading of the obverse legend, see Bloesch, Erinnerungen, pp. 25-6 and pl. 2, 15 showing the Milan specimen.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Milan: Brera 6990 v. Sallet, ZfN 7 (1880), 140 = Bloesch, Erinnerungen pl. 2, 15 = Haymann 198/1
2 2     Münzen Gut-Lynt GmbH 2, 20 June 2021, lot 77 = Savoca 133rd Silver, 15 May 2022, lot 231
3 3     ✸ Peus 435, 31 Oct. 2023, lot 188 = Peus 366, 29 Oct. 2000, lot 939 = Kovacs XI, 19 June 1993, lot 170 = Haymann 198/2
4 4     Peus 403, 27 Apr. 2011, lot 742 = Hirsch 293, 25 Sept. 2013, lot 2922 = Hirsch 317, 18 Feb. 2016, lot 2320 = Haymann 198/3