RPC VII.2, 3634

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3634
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)
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Sempronianus Africanus Pius
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian I, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription L Α
Reverse design Homonoia standing left, raising right arm, holding double cornucopia
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 1, 11, 12
Reference BMC 1827; D 4657; M 3298; Geissen 2601
Specimens 19 (7 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1864,1118.747 BMC 1827
2 2     P: H 840
3 3     B: 18274922, 1880/499
4 4     ✸ C
5 5     Cop SNG 673
6 6     NY: 1944.100.64896
7 7     O: HCR30792 M 3298
8 8     A: 3950 (Demetriou)
9 9     Cologne Geissen 2601
10 10     Milan SNG 1572
11 11     CNG 105, 10 May 2017, lot 639
12 12     CNG EA 383, 28 Sept. 2016, lot 438
13 13     DS 12388
14 14     Figari & Mosconi 1351 = CNG, Triton IV, 5 Dec. 2000, lot 380 = D 4657
15 15     Heritage 3026, 25 Sept. 2013, lot 23307
16 16     J. Aiello coll.
17 17     Künker 115, 25 Sept. 2006, lot 688 = CNG MBS 67, 22 Sept. 2004, lot 1181
18 18     Künker 248, 14 Mar. 2014, lot 7564 = Roma Numismatics 4, 30 Sept. 2012, lot 641
19 19     Roma Numismatics 4, 30 Sept. 2012, lot 742