Image of specimen #3 |
URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/7.2/3639 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
Volume | VII.2 |
Number | 3639 |
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 | Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia |
Metal | debased silver |
Average diameter | 23 mm |
Average weight | 11.97 g |
Axis | 1, 11, 12 |
Reference | BMC 1829; D 4662; M 3300; Geissen 2604 |
Specimens | 12 (6 in the core collections) |