RPC VII.2, 3637

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3637
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 Nilus reclining on hippopotamus left, holding cornucopia and reed
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 11.84 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference BMC 1830; D 4660; M 3301; Geissen 2602
Specimens 17 (8 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1856,0903.26 BMC 1830
2 2     P: 3099
3 3     B: 18274921, 1892/96
4 4     G SNG 4494
5 5     NY: 1974.26.4247
6 6     NY: 1944.100.64900
7 7     O: HCR30795 M 3301
8 8     V: GR 25216
9 9     A: 3954 (Demetriou)
10 10     Cologne Geissen 2603
11 11     CNG EA 390, 1 Feb. 2017, lot 383
12 12     CNG MBS 70, 21 Sept. 2005, lot 616
13 13     CNG, Triton 20, 10 Jan. 2017, lot 485 = NAC N, 26 June 2003, lot 2120
14 14     Figari & Mosconi 1357 = NAC N, 27 June 2003, lot 2120 = D 4660
15 15     J. Aiello coll.
16 16     ✸ Roma Numismatics 10, 27 Sept. 2015, lot 633
17 17     Roma Numismatics 4, 30 Sept. 2012, lot 741