RPC VII.2, 1350

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1350
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 Athena standing left, holding shield resting on ground and spear
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 11.99 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference AMNG 1135
Specimens 10 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1841,B.398 BMC 84 = AMNG 1135/1
2 2     ✸ V: GR 7971 AMNG 1135/4
3 3     Sofia: 5103 NAIM 1396
4 4     C. Rhodes coll.
5 5     CNG EA 403, 9 Aug. 2017, lot 365
6 6     Grün 64, 20 Nov. 2014, lot 1862 = Ritter FPL 47, Nov. 1998, lot 604
7 7     Hess 253, 8 Mar. 1983, lot 330 = Hirsch 199, 6 May 1998, lot 623
8 8     Hirsch 162, 8 May 1989, lot 829
9 9     Künker 67, 9 Oct. 2001, lot 924
10 10     Warszawski Dom Aukcyjny - M. i M. Romuald Sawicz 7, 17 Mar. 2018, lot 7