RPC VII.2, 1351

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1351
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 city gate
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 12.45 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference AMNG 1170
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1840,0217.135 BMC 89 = AMNG 1170/1
2 2     C. Rhodes coll.
3 3     CNG EA 268, 16 Nov. 2011, lot 201
4 4     CNG EA 94, 21 July 2004, lot 90