RPC VII.2, 3639

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3639
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)
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 Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 1, 11, 12
Reference BMC 1829; D 4662; M 3300; Geissen 2604
Specimens 12 (6 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1864,1118.746 BMC 1829
2 2     NY: 1944.100.64902
3 3     ✸ NY: 1944.100.64901
4 4     NY: 1944.100.64903
5 5     O: HCR30794 M 3300
6 6     V: GR 25213
7 7     A: 3949 (Demetriou)
8 8     Cologne Geissen 2604
9 9     CNG EA 255, 4 May 2011, lot 278
10 10     CNG EA 449, 31 July 2019, lot 310
11 11     DS 10155
12 12     Figari & Mosconi 1358 = Ars et Nummus FPL 5/6, May–June 1970, lot 234 = Sternberg 18, 20 Nov. 1986, lot 571 = D 4662