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
Edition Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀν(τώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Ἀφρ(ικανὸς) Εὐσε(βής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Africanus Pious
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian II, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L Α
Edition (ἔτους) αʹ
Translation of year 1
Reverse design Homonoia standing left, raising right arm, holding double cornucopia
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 12.54 g
Axis 11
Reference BMC 1832; DS 10160
Specimens 6 (3 in the core collections)
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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