RPC VII.2, 3644

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3644
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Gordian I and Gordian II
Person (obv.) Gordian II (Augustus)
Issue LΑ = year 1
Dating AD 238
Obverse inscription Α Κ Μ ΑΝ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΦ(Ρ) ΕΥϹΕ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Africanus Pius
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian II, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L Α
Reverse design Homonoia standing left, raising right arm, holding double cornucopia
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 11
Reference BMC 1832; DS 10160
Specimens 6 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1860,0327.214 BMC 1832
2 2     P: 3103
3 3     V: GR 25221
4 4     DS 10160
5 5     J. Aiello coll. = CNG, Triton I, 2 Dec. 1997, lot 744
6 6     Rauch 98, 21 Sept. 2015, lot 258