RPC VII.2, 1354

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1354
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 front, and Sarapis, draped, left
Reverse inscription ΥΠ ΜΗΝΟΦΙΛΟΥ ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ, Ε
Reverse design aerial view of the city walls enclosing temple and altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Reference AMNG —
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note On the rev., the value mark Ε is inscribed on the entrance of the front gate.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Solidus Premium 37, 16 Dec. 2018, lot 54