RPC VII.2, 1344

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1344
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 Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation 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 28 mm
Average weight 12.91 g
Axis 1, 6, 7, 12
Reference AMNG —
Specimens 18 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ V: GR 38324
2 2     Leeds-UL: 1437
3 3     C. Rhodes coll.
4 4     C. Rhodes coll.
5 5     Cast in BBAW
6 6     cgb.fr e-Monnaies, 2 May 2017, lot 101
7 7     cgb.fr MBS 41, 26 Nov. 2009, lot 698
8 8     CNG EA 340, 3 Dec. 2014, lot 246
9 9     Elsen 72, 14 Dec. 2002, lot 696
10 10     Gorny & Mosch 196, 7 Mar. 2011, lot 1998
11 11     Gorny & Mosch EA 247, 10 Mar. 2017, lot 4162
12 12     Gorny & Mosch EA 247, 10 Mar. 2017, lot 4163 = Rauch Summer 2010, 13 Sept. 2010, lot 1081
13 13     Grün 65, 12 May 2015, lot 116 = Grün 64, 20 Nov. 2014, lot 1863 = Lanz 121, 22 Nov. 2004, lot 535
14 14     Helios 6, 9 Mar. 2011, lot 208
15 15     Macho & Chlapovič 2, 28 Apr. 2012, lot 110
16 16     Pfeiffer 685
17 17     Rauch MBS 11, 12 Sept. 2006, lot 385
18 18     Solidus EA 16, 17 June 2017, lot 198 (part of)