RPC VII.2, 1347

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1347
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
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordian Augustus
Obverse design confronted busts of Gordian III, laureate, draped and cuirassed, right, seen from front, 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 Athena standing left, holding patera and spear; at feet, shield
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 12.48 g
Axis 1
Reference AMNG 1138
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 695 AMNG 1138/1
2 2     B. Michaux coll.
3 3     C. Rhodes coll.
4 4     ✸ Gorny & Mosch 276, 19 April 2021, lot 299 = Rauch 83, 14 Nov. 2008, lot 349
5 5     Pfeiffer 676, 10