RPC VII.2, 1343

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1343
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 Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Emperor Marcus Antonius Gordian 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 28 mm
Average weight 11.56 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference AMNG 1148
Specimens 8 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18277149, Löbb. AMNG 1148/1
2 2     C. Rhodes coll.
3 3     ✸ C. Rhodes coll. = CNG EA 383, 28 Sept. 2016, lot 365
4 4     CGT coll.
5 5     CGT coll.
6 6     Gorny & Mosch EA 247, 10 Mar. 2017, lot 4161
7 7     Lanz 82, 24 Nov. 1997, lot 589
8 8     Pfeiffer 684, 20