RPC VII.2, 3649


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Coin type
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Volume	VII.2
Number	3649
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 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	Zeus seated left, holding patera and sceptre; at left, eagle
Metal	debased silver
Average diameter	23 mm
Axis	11, 12
Reference	D 4669
Specimens	5 (2 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	More
1	1 ✸	B: 18274925, 1877/285		23	11.89	11	Show
2	2	G	SNG 4497	23	11.66	12	Show
3	3		CNA 4, 21 Sept. 1988, lot 316		12.49		Show
4	4		Empire Coins 7, 2 May 1987, lot 212		12.05		Show
5	5		Figari & Mosconi 1367 = D 4669 = Kunst und Münzen 22, 2 Apr. 1981, lot 388				Show