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Auction 98  12 December 2016
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Lot 1339

Estimate: 3000 CHF
Price realized: 2750 CHF
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The Roman Empire
Gordian II, 1 – 22 April 238

Gordian II Africanus seems to have had very little hair left on his forehead, with his baldness usually visible through the wreath. One portrait type is known, in varying degrees of artistic quality. AMP.

Denarius April 238, AR 3.14 g. IMP M ANT GORDIANVS AFR AVG Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust r. Rev. VICT – ORIA AVGG Victory advancing l., holding wreath and palm branch. C 12. BMC 28. RIC 2. Rare. Light iridescent tone and extremely fine
A well executed specimen of Gordian II Africanus. AMP.

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