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)
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 standing, facing, head left, holding spear and shield on ground
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 12.21 g
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