RPC VII.2, 3639

 

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Coin type
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)

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