RPC VII.2, 3635

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3635
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 ΑΦ(Ρ) 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 advancing left, holding wreath and palm over shoulder
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 12.14 g
Axis 7, 8, 11, 12
Reference D 4658
Specimens 18 (7 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: AA.GR.19254
2 2     P: 3097
3 3     ✸ P: 3096
4 4     B: 18274920, 1880/498
5 5     B: 18274919, Löbb.
6 6     NY: 1974.26.4246
7 7     NY: 1944.100.64897
8 8     A: 3951 (Demetriou)
9 9     CNG 109, 12 Sept. 2018, lot 510 = CNG 53, 15 Mar. 2000, lot 1239
10 10     CNG EA 108, 16 Feb. 2005, lot 54
11 11     DS 10153
12 12     Figari & Mosconi 1352 = CNG MBS 70, 21 Sept. 2005, lot 617 = D 4658
13 13     Figari & Mosconi 1354 = M&M GmbH 12, 10 Apr. 2003, lot 640 = DS 12390
14 14     Figari & Mosconi 1355 = M&M GmbH 1, 16 Sept. 1997, lot 1568 = DS 10152
15 15     Figari & Mosconi 1356 = Kunst und Münzen 22, 2 Apr. 1981, lot 387 = DS 12389
16 16     J. Aiello coll.
17 17     Lanz 161, 7 Dec. 2015, lot 422 = NFA, MBS, 18 Oct. 1990, lot 2464
18 18     Rauch 82, 23 Apr. 2008, lot 446