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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Nemo, post: 3259391, member: 58462&quot;][ATTACH=full]857039[/ATTACH] </p><p>Gordian I Africanus, Egypt, Alexandria. A.D. 238. BI tetradrachm (22 mm, 12.47 g, 12 h). RY 1. </p><p>O: A K M AN ΓOPΔIANOC CЄM AΦ ЄVCЄB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian I right </p><p>R: Athena seated left, holding Nike and spear; in left field, date (L A). </p><p>- Köln 2600; cf. Dattari (Savio) 4656 (legend); Kampmann &amp; Ganschow 68.6., Ex Coin Galleries (16 July 2003), 264. </p><p><br /></p><p>Perhaps the most reluctant of Emperors, Gordian I (Marcus Antonius Gordianus Sempronianus Romanus Africanus Augustus) was Roman Emperor for one month with his son Gordian II in 238, the Year of the Six Emperors. Caught up in a rebellion against the Emperor Maximinus Thrax, he was defeated by forces loyal to Maximinus before committing suicide. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]857041[/ATTACH] </p><p>Gordian II Africanus. Silver Denarius, AD 238. Rome. </p><p>O: IMP M ANT GORDIANVS AFR AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian II right. </p><p>R: VICTO-RIA AVGG, Victory advancing left, holding wreath and palm. </p><p>- RIC 2; BMC 28; RSC 12.</p><p><br /></p><p>Gordian II (Marcus Antonius Gordianus Sempronianus Romanus Africanus Augustus), was Roman Emperor for one month with his father Gordian I in 238, the Year of the Six Emperors. The double &quot;GG&quot; in &quot;AVGG&quot; (Augustus) on the reverse was to show that power was shared between the two men although Gordian II did not receive the additional title of high priest or Pontifex Maximus. He died in battle outside of Carthage.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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