SECVRITAS AVGG

Reference : AYC #12 var, RIC -

Weight: ?

Metal: Bronze

Diameter: ?

Scarcity: Very 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.

SECVDITAS AVGG _ SC

Securitas seated left on a throne and holding a short scepter with the right hand.

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/bpt6k98119451/f113.item. To confirm. It is likely that this ''erreur'' was due to a modern tooling, something that many sellers have done to improve the visual.

I discovered this cariant with SECVDITAS AVGG (error of engraving), by browsing the auction catalog: ''Adolph Hess AG, 28 avril 1936. Catalogue de monnaies grecques et romaines. Lucerne. La collection de M. le R. Edward A. Sydenham. Collection de deux amateurs étrangers et M Franz Trau''. The coin is the lot 1662 (from collection of an foreign amateur).