RPC VII.2, 3636

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3636
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)
Edition Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀν(τώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Σεμ(πρόνιος) Ἀφρικ(ανὸς) Εὐσεβ(ής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Pius Sempronius Africanus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian I, right, seen from front
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 12.14 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference BMC 1828; D 4659; M 3299; Geissen 2602
Specimens 30 (9 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1861,1113.10 BMC 1828
2 2     ✸ P: AA.GR.1061
3 3     P: 3101
4 4     B: 18274918, Löbb.
5 5     B: 18274917, 1868/28803
6 6     NY: 1944.100.64899
7 7     NY: 1944.100.64898
8 8     O: HCR30793 M 3299
9 9     V: GR 37965
10 10     A: 3952 (Demetriou)
11 11     Cologne Geissen 2602
12 12     CNG 100, 7 Oct. 2015, lot 1788
13 13     CNG 103, 14 Sept. 2016, lot 608
14 14     CNG 105, 10 May 2017, lot 640
15 15     CNG 93, 22 May 2013, lot 1056
16 16     CNG EA 355, 15 July 2015, lot 431
17 17     CNG EA 385, 26 Oct. 2016, lot 391 = CNG EA 379, 27 July 2016, lot 324
18 18     DS 10154
19 19     Emporium Hamburg 69, 4 Apr. 2013, lot 331 = Emporium Hamburg 67, 10 May 2012, lot 298
20 20     Falghera 2012
21 21     Figari & Mosconi 1353 = Ars et Nummus FPL 5/6, May–June 1970, lot 232 = D 4659
22 22     iNumis MBS 11, 19 Mar. 2010, lot 240
23 23     J. Aiello coll.
24 24     J. Aiello coll.
25 25     Künker 236, 7 Oct. 2013, lot 1152
26 26     Leu 5, 27 Oct. 2019, lot 299
27 27     Naville Numismatics 17, 13 Sept. 2015, lot 366
28 28     Naville Numismatics 53, 3 Nov. 2019, lot 255
29 29     Noble 107, 18 Nov. 2014, lot 3543
30 30     Roma Numismatics 4, 30 Sept. 2012, lot 740