RPC VII.2, 1352

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1352
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 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 11.45 g
Axis 1, 7, 12
Reference AMNG 1168–9
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18277366, Löbb.
2 2     C: 570-2005
3 3     CNG EA 326, 7 May 2014, lot 248
4 4     Leu EA 17, 14 Aug. 2021, lot 1571
5 5     ✸ Naumann 71, 4 Nov. 2018, lot 286
6 6     Ritter FPL 47, Nov. 1998, lot 635