RPC VII.2, 1357

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1357
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 aerial view of the city walls enclosing temple and altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 12.41 g
Axis 1, 2
Reference AMNG 1167
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)
Note On the rev., the value mark Ε is inscribed on the entrance of the front gate.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Mu SNG 375
2 2     Sofia: 10943 NAIM 1447
3 3     Yale: ILE2013.17.391 CNG MBS 58, 19 Sept. 2001, lot 907 = Gorny & Mosch 104, 9 Oct. 2000, lot 571
4 4     CNG MBS 82, 16 Sept. 2009, lot 822
5 5     ✸ CNG Triton 14, 4 Jan. 2011, lot 789