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VII.2, 3646
Image of specimen #1
Coin type
URI
https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/7.2/3646
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Volume
VII.2
Number
3646
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
Ε
ΥϹ
Ε
Edition
Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀν(τώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Ἀφ(ρικανὸς) 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
Nike seated left, holding wreath and palm over shoulder
Metal
debased silver
Average diameter
23 mm
Average weight
12.94 g
Axis
11
Reference
BMC 1833; D 4667
Specimens
3 (1 in the core collections)
Specimens of this coin type
Number
Number
Obverse
Reverse
Museum
Bibliography
Diameter
Weight
Axis
Note
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1
1
✸
L: 1864,1118.748
BMC 1833
23
13.57
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2
2
A: 1897/8, IH, 688/1156 (Demetriou)
23.1
12.30
11
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3
3
D 4667
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