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Contributor: Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
Issuer: GORDIAN I Africanus, AD 238. AR Denarius (3.66 gm)
Obverse: IMP. M. ANT. GORDIANVS AFR. AVG., laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind.
Reverse: SECVRITAS AVGG., Securitas seated left holding sceptre.
Reference: RIC 5; BMCRE 11; RSC 10. Superb EF
Comments: For more information, read the "Gordian I" entry from De Imperatoribus Romanis.
For recent scholarship on the Gordians see TOCS-IN; for book reviews, see Bryn Mawr Classical Reviews.