RPC VII.2, 1334

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1334
Province Moesia Inferior
Region Moesia
City Marcianopolis
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Magistrate Tullius Menophilus (legatus Augusti pro praetore)
Dating AD 238–41
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ(ΩΝΙΟϹ) ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανὸς Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design confronted busts of Gordian III, laureate, draped and cuirassed, right, seen from rear, and Sarapis, draped, left
Reverse inscription ΥΠ ΜΗΝΟΦΙΛΟΥ ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ, Ε
Edition ὑπ(ατείας) Μηνοφίλου Μαρκιανοπολιτῶν εʹ
Translation during the (pro)consulship of Menophilus, of the Marcianopolitans, 5
Reverse design Apollo standing facing, head right, grasping a tree, around which a serpent coils, and holding his right arm over his head; to left, cloak on stone
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 11.91 g
Axis 1, 6, 7, 12
Reference AMNG 1131
Specimens 22 (6 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1898,1005.24
2 2     B: 18276987, Fox AMNG 1131/1
3 3     C: 568-2005
4 4     ✸ C: Leake AMNG 1131/2
5 5     Mu SNG 373 = AMNG 1131/3
6 6     NY: 1944.100.15324
7 7     Sofia: 4426 NAIM 1391
8 8     Sofia: 5249 NAIM 1392
9 9     Sofia: 7027 NAIM 1393
10 10     C. Rhodes coll.
11 11     C. Rhodes coll.
12 12     CGT coll.
13 13     CGT coll.
14 14     CNG EA 179, 2 Jan. 2008, lot 139
15 15     CNG EA 279, 16 May 2012, lot 148
16 16     CNG EA 403, 9 Aug. 2017, lot 366
17 17     Gorny & Mosch 122, 10 Mar. 2003, lot 1669
18 18     Künker 270, 2 Oct. 2015, lot 8899 = Hess-Divo eLive 7, 29 May 2014, lot 752
19 19     Pfeiffer 669, 20
20 20     Pfeiffer 670
21 21     Pfeiffer 670, 10
22 22     Solidus EA 10, 3 Dec. 2016, lot 109