RPC VII.2, 1342

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1342
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 Asclepius standing facing, head left, holding serpent staff
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 12.04 g
Axis 1, 2, 7, 12
Reference AMNG 1149
Specimens 7 (1 in the core collections)
Note On the obv., sometimes, ΑΥΓ with ligature.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18277150, Rauch AMNG 1149/1
2 2     Sofia: 4424 NAIM 1395
3 3     ✸ C. Rhodes coll.
4 4     C. Rhodes coll.
5 5     C. Rhodes coll.
6 6     Gorny & Mosch 134, 11 Oct. 2004, lot 1787 = Gorny & Mosch 62, 20 Apr. 1993, lot 562
7 7     Pfeiffer 684