RIC IV Gordian I 12
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
AD 238
Issuing entity
Roman EmpireMaker / issuer
Rome (ancient mint)
Sestertius in bronze struck at Rome under Gordian I, AD 238, catalogued as RIC IV Gordian I 12. Obverse: Bust of Gordian I, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right. Reverse: Victory, winged, draped, advancing left, holding wreath in extended right hand and holding palm in left hand. Weight, diameter, die axis and a rights-cleared photograph are not yet documented for this type record.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- Bronze
- Manufacture
- Struck
- Denomination
- Sestertius
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Rome
- Issuing authority
- Gordian I
Design
- Obverse type
- Bust of Gordian I, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right
- Reverse type
- Victory, winged, draped, advancing left, holding wreath in extended right hand and holding palm in left hand
- Obverse legend
- IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AFR AVG
- Reverse legend
- VICTORIA AVGG S C
Identification
- Type corpus record
- https://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.4.gor_i.12
- Catalogue reference
- RIC IV Gordian I 12
- Type corpus identifier
- ric.4.gor_i.12
Catalogue references
Research required
- Nominal weight not transcribed from a primary reference
- Diameter and die axis not transcribed
- Mint mark and officina detail not transcribed
- No rights-cleared photograph identified yet