RPC VII.2, 3633

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3633
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 ΑΦΡ 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 eagle standing left, head right, holding wreath in beak
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 12.36 g
Axis 9, 11, 12
Reference BMC 1831; D 4665; M 3302–3; Geissen 2598
Specimens 41 (15 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1860,0327.213 BMC 1831
2 2     P: AA.GR.19260
3 3     ✸ P: 3102
4 4     P: AA.GR.19274
5 5     B: 18274924, Löbb.
6 6     B: 18274913, 1892/96
7 7     C: 654-1948
8 8     NY: 1944.100.71982
9 9     NY: 1935.117.867
10 10     NY: 1974.26.4249
11 11     NY: 1944.100.64907
12 12     NY: 1944.100.64906
13 13     O: HCR30796 M 3302
14 14     O: HCR30797 M 3303
15 15     V: GR 25218
16 16     A: 6815/1 (Demetriou)
17 17     A: 3955 (Demetriou)
18 18     Cologne Geissen 2598
19 19     Milan SNG 1568
20 20     Milan SNG 1569
21 21     CNG 105, 10 May 2017, lot 637
22 22     CNG 94, 18 Sept. 2013, lot 946 = Gorny & Mosch 204, 5 Mar. 2012, lot 1883 = Hirsch 68, 1 June 1970, lot 698
23 23     CNG EA 346, 11 Mar. 2015, lot 376
24 24     CNG EA 377, 29 June 2016, lot 307
25 25     CNG EA 460, 29 Jan. 2020, lot 424
26 26     CNG MBS 69, 8 June 2005, lot 1304
27 27     CNG MBS 75, 23 May 2007, lot 885
28 28     CNG, Triton 12, 6 Jan. 2009, lot 721
29 29     Figari & Mosconi 1361 = Auctiones AG 7, 7 June 1977, lot 480 = D 4665
30 30     Figari & Mosconi 1362 = Ars et Nummus FPL 5/6, May–June 1970, lot 236 = DS 10157
31 31     Figari & Mosconi 1363 = Ars et Nummus, FPL 10–11 1976, lot 303 = DS 10158
32 32     J. Aiello coll.
33 33     J. Aiello coll.
34 34     Künker 174, 27 Sept. 2010, lot 914
35 35     Künker 71, 12 Mar. 2002, lot 1205
36 36     Lanz 102, 28 May 2001, lot 839
37 37     Leu 5, 27 Oct. 2019, lot 297
38 38     Monnaies d'Antan 10, 24 Nov. 2011, lot 84
39 39     Roma Numismatics 4, 30 Sept. 2012, lot 743
40 40     Stack's Coin Galleries Sept. 2008, 10 Sept. 2008, lot 432
41 41     VAuctions 321, 10 Nov. 2016, lot 271