RPC VII.2, 3637

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3637
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)
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 Nilus reclining left, holding cornucopia and reed
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 11, 12
Reference BMC 1830; D 4660; M 3301; Geissen 2602
Specimens 17 (8 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1856,0903.26 BMC 1830
2 2     P: 3099
3 3     B: 18274921, 1892/96
4 4     G SNG 4494
5 5     NY: 1974.26.4247
6 6     NY: 1944.100.64900
7 7     O: HCR30795 M 3301
8 8     V: GR 25216
9 9     A: 3954 (Demetriou)
10 10     Cologne Geissen 2603
11 11     CNG EA 390, 1 Feb. 2017, lot 383
12 12     CNG MBS 70, 21 Sept. 2005, lot 616
13 13     CNG, Triton 20, 10 Jan. 2017, lot 485 = NAC N, 26 June 2003, lot 2120
14 14     Figari & Mosconi 1357 = NAC N, 27 June 2003, lot 2120 = D 4660
15 15     J. Aiello coll.
16 16     ✸ Roma Numismatics 10, 27 Sept. 2015, lot 633
17 17     Roma Numismatics 4, 30 Sept. 2012, lot 741