Note: The distinguishing feature between coins of Gordian I and Gordian II (the obverse legends are the same) is that Gordian II has a receding hair line and he has no hair in front of his laurel wreath.
RIC 1 Sear5 #8465 | Gordian II Denarius. IMP M ANT GORDIANVS AFR AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / PROVIDENTIA AVGG, Providentia standing left, leaning on column, holding wand over globe and cornucopiae. RIC IV 1; RSC 5; BMCRE 19. | Text | Image |
Sear5 #8466RIC 2 | Gordian II, AR denarius, 21mm, 2.93 g. 238 AD. IMP M ANT GORDIANVS AFR AVG, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right / VICTORIA AVGG, Victory walking left, holding wreath and palm. RIC 2; RSC 12; BMCRE 28. | Text | Image |
RIC 3 Sear5 #8467 | Gordian II Denarius. IMP M ANT GORDIANVS AFR AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / VIRTVS AVGG, Virtus standing left, holding vertical spear and resting right hand on shield at his side. RIC IV 3; RSC 14. | Text | Image |
RIC 3 Limes den. | Gordian II AE Limes Denarius. Military mint on the Danube border. AD 238. 2.71 g. IMP M ANT GORDIANVS AFR AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / VIRTVS AVGG, Virtus standing left, holding vertical spear and resting right hand on shield at his side. Limes AE version of RIC IV 3; BMCRE 30; RSC 14. | Text | Image |
RIC 5 Sear5 #8470 | Gordian II AE Sestertius. IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AFR AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ROMA AETERNAE, Roma seated left, holding Victory and sceptre, SC in ex. RIC 5, Cohen 9. | Text | Image |
RIC 7 | Gordian II, AE sestertius, AD 238, Rome mint, 20.02 g. IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AFR AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / VICTORIA AVG, S-C, Victory walking left, holding wreath and palm branch. RIC 7; Cohen 13; BMCRE 29; Sear 8472. | Text | Image |
RIC 8 Sear5 #8473 | Gordian II AE Sestertius. IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANS AFR AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / VIRTVS AVGG, S C across field, Virtus standing left, holding spear and resting against shield. Cohen 15. | Text | Image |
RIC 10 | Gordian II AE Sestertius. IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AFR AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / P M TR P COS P P, Gordian standing left, holding branch in right hand and a short sceptre in left. | Text | Image |
RIC p176 | Gordian II AR denarius. Hybrid with reverse of Pupienus, IMP C M ANT GORDIANVS AFR AFR AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / CONCORDIA AVGG, Concordia seated left, holding patera and double cornucopiae. BMC 33, RSC 1. | Text | Image |
Alexandria Milne 3302cf | Gordian II Billon Tetradrachm of Alexandria. Dated Year 1 = AD 238. A K M AN ΓOΡΔIANOC AΦ EVCE, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / L-A, eagle standing left, head right, with wreath in its beak. Dattari 4670; Emmett 3354, cf Milne 3302 of Gordian I. | Text | Image |
FAKE Caesarea- Germanica RecGen 34 | FAKE Gordian II AE27 of Caesarea Germanica, Bithynia. AD 238. 16.90 g. M ANT ΓOΡΔIANOC AΦΡI CEB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / KAICAΡEIAC ΓEΡMANIKHC, Artemis standing right, holding bow and spear, crescent on her head. RecGen 34; Paris 322 (fakes collection). FAKE. A reworked sestertius of Gordian III: MARTEM PROPVGNATOREM S-C (Mars, helmeted and in military dress, standing right, holding spear and shield) - RIC IV-3, 333). | Text | Image |
Coins of Gordian II at the Ancient Coin Forum | |||