RPC VII.2, 3640

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3640
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 Zeus seated left, holding patera and sceptre; at left, eagle
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 3, 7, 11, 12
Reference BMC 1824; D 4663–4; M 3292; Geissen 2605
Specimens 28 (11 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1856,0903.25 BMC 1824
2 2     P: 1967.1844
3 3     P: AA.GR.19243
4 4     P: 3094
5 5     ✸ P: 1967.1845
6 6     B: 18274910, Löbb.
7 7     NY: 1944.100.64904
8 8     NY: 1974.26.4248
9 9     NY: 1944.100.64905
10 10     O: HCR27654 M 3292
11 11     V: GR 33121
12 12     A: 3947 (Demetriou)
13 13     Cologne Geissen 2605
14 14     Milan SNG 1573
15 15     CNG 90, 23 May 2012, lot 1275
16 16     CNG EA 359, 9 Sept. 2015, lot 267
17 17     CNG EA 403, 9 Aug. 2017, lot 510
18 18     CNG EA 430, 10 Oct. 2018, lot 297
19 19     CNG EA 440, 20 Mar. 2019, lot 378
20 20     CNG MBS 66, 19 May 2004, lot 1298
21 21     CNG MBS 73, 13 Sept. 2006, lot 761 = Spink 152, 11 Apr. 2001, lot 364
22 22     Elsen 98, 13 Dec. 2008, lot 608
23 23     Figari & Mosconi 1359 = Ars et Nummus FPL 5/6, May–June 1970, lot 235 = D 4663
24 24     Figari & Mosconi 1360 = Crédit Suisse FPL 31, 1980, lot 143 = DS 10156
25 25     J. Aiello coll.
26 26     Naville Numismatics 40, 27 May 2018, lot 418 = D 4664
27 27     Naville Numismatics 66, 27 June 2021, lot 253
28 28     Rauch 98, 21 Sept. 2015, lot 257