RPC VII.2, 1345

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1345
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 ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Nominative Imperator 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
Reverse design Athena standing left, holding owl and spear
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 6, 7, 12
Reference AMNG 1139
Specimens 14 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 696 AMNG 1139/3
2 2     B: 18276994, I-B AMNG 1139/1, pl. XV.22, rev.
3 3     B: 18276995, 1906 Löbb. AMNG 1139/2
4 4     Budapest: 2A.1910.770 SNG 266
5 5     Sofia: 9677 NAIM 1401
6 6     Sofia: 3022 NAIM 1402
7 7     ✸ C. Rhodes coll.
8 8     C. Rhodes coll.
9 9     C. Rhodes coll.
10 10     Gorny & Mosch EA 247, 10 Mar. 2017, lot 4190
11 11     Leu EA 17, 14 Aug. 2021, lot 1572
12 12     Münzzentrum Rheinland 184, 16 May 2018, lot 272 = Künker 26, 9 Mar. 1994, lot 493 = Müller 73, 26 Feb. 1993, lot 109
13 13     Pfeiffer 678, 10
14 14     SNG Evelpidis 836