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)
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 Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 11.97 g
Axis 1, 11, 12
Reference BMC 1829; D 4662; M 3300; Geissen 2604
Specimens 12 (6 in the core collections)
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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