RPC VII.2, 3631

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3631
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Gordian I and Gordian II
Person (obv.) Gordian I (Augustus)
Issue LΑ = year 1
Dating AD 238
Obverse inscription Α Κ Μ ΑΝ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΜ ΑΦ(Ρ) ΕΥϹΕ(Β)
Edition Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀν(τώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Σεμ(πρόνιος) Ἀφρικ(ανὸς) Εὐσεβ(ής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Pius Sempronius Africanus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian I, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription L Α
Edition (ἔτους) αʹ
Translation of year 1
Reverse design Athena seated left, holding Nike and spear; shield leaning against the throne
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 12.44 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference BMC 1826; D 4656; M 3296–7; Geissen 2600
Specimens 29 (13 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: GC15p235.1826 BMC 1826
2 2     ✸ P: 3098
3 3     B: 18274912, Fox
4 4     B: 18274914, 1863/28625-3
5 5     B: 18274911, Löbb.
6 6     B: 18274923, 1863/28625-2
7 7     C
8 8     G SNG 4493
9 9     NY: 1944.100.64895
10 10     NY: 1974.26.4245
11 11     O: HCR30790 M 3296
12 12     O: HCR30791 M 3297
13 13     V: GR 25214
14 14     A: 3953 (Demetriou)
15 15     Cologne Geissen 2600
16 16     Milan SNG 1570
17 17     Milan SNG 1571
18 18     CNG 103, 14 Sept. 2016, lot 607
19 19     CNG 105, 10 May 2017, lot 638
20 20     CNG EA 198, 5 Nov. 2008, lot 224
21 21     CNG EA 281, 20 June 2012, lot 248
22 22     CNG EA 342, 14 Jan. 2015, lot 475 = CNA 6, 1 Mar. 1989, lot 318
23 23     CNG, Triton 19, 5 Jan. 2016, lot 386
24 24     DS 10151
25 25     Figari & Mosconi 1349 = Ars et Nummus FPL 5/6, May–June 1970, lot 231 = Aretusa 4, 33 Mar. 1996, lot 594 = D 4656
26 26     Figari & Mosconi 1350 = Ars et Nummus FPL 5/6, May–June 1970, lot 230 = DS 10150
27 27     Künker 143, 6 Oct. 2008, lot 625
28 28     Leu 5, 27 Oct. 2019, lot 298
29 29     VAuctions 322, 13 Dec. 2016, lot 303 = Coin Galleries, 16 July 2003, lot 264