RPC VII.2, 3632

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3632
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)
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Sempronianus Africanus Pius
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian I, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription L - Α
Reverse design Athena standing, facing, head left, holding spear and shield on ground
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 1, 9, 11, 12
Reference D 4654; M 3294–5; Geissen 2599
Specimens 20 (9 in the core collections)
Note BMC 1825 (= L 1825,0217.271) is a modern forgery.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 3095
2 2     P: AA.GR.19248
3 3     B: 18274915, B-I
4 4     B: 18274916, 1892/96
5 5     Cop SNG 672
6 6     NY: 1944.100.64893
7 7     ✸ NY: 1944.100.64894
8 8     O: HCR30788 M 3294
9 9     O: HCR30789 M 3295
10 10     A: 3948 (Demetriou)
11 11     Cologne Geissen 2599
12 12     CNG 103, 14 Sept. 2016, lot 606
13 13     CNG EA 437, 6 Feb. 2019, lot 370
14 14     D 4654
15 15     DS 12387
16 16     Gorny & Mosch 155, 5 Mar. 2007, lot 245 = Figari & Mosconi 1348 = NAC 33, 6 Apr. 2006, lot 552 = D 4655
17 17     Künker 226, 11 Mar. 2013, lot 902 = Lanz 154, 11 June 2012, lot 432 = Finarte 995, 26 Nov. 1996, lot 1155
18 18     Künker 280, 26 Sept. 2016, lot 772 = Roma Numismatics 10, 27 Sept. 2015, lot 634
19 19     NAC 88, 8 Oct. 2015, lot 667
20 20     Naville Numismatics 30, 2 Apr. 2017, lot 242