PROVIDENTIA AVGG

Reference : AYC #10 var, RIC 9 note

Weight: ?

Metal: Bronze

Diameter: 31.00 mm

Scarcity: Extremely rare

Type:

Obverse

Reverse

IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AFR AVG

Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian I Africanus to the right, seen from three quarters back.

PROVIDENTIA AVGG / S – C

Providentia standing left with her legs crossed, leaning on a column with her left arm. Holding a wand with the right hand. At her feet, a globe.

Photo from the catalog quoted below, with kind permission of the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, link to Gallica for download the catalog: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k9780580g/f217.item.

I found the photos of the sale: ''Naville 12 au 14 juin 1922, collection Paul Vautier et Collignon Maxime, monnaies impériales II.''. The coin is the lot 1440 (described by the catalog as B).

Gordian I and II share the same obverse legend, the bust of Gordian II is distinguished by absence of hairs in front of his laurel wreath.