RPC VII.2, 1358

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1358
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 Cybele seated left, holding patera and resting on tympanum; on each side, lion
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 12.95 g
Axis 1, 2
Reference AMNG 1152
Specimens 15 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18277153, Rauch AMNG 1152/1
2 2     B: 18277162, I-B AMNG 1152/2
3 3     O: Pullan
4 4     Bern: N/82.232 SNG Righetti 232
5 5     Sofia: 3213 NAIM 1403
6 6     Baldwin’s 90, 24 Sept. 2014, lot 1394
7 7     C. Rhodes coll.
8 8     ✸ CNG EA 294, 16 Jan. 2013, lot 433 = Tradart, 17 Nov. 1994, lot 233 = Leu 54, 28 Apr. 1992, lot 301
9 9     CNG EA 370, 9 Mar. 2016, lot 264
10 10     Emporium Hamburg 69, 4 Apr. 2013, lot 339 = Gorny & MOsch 64, 11 Oct. 1993, lot 683
11 11     Gorny & Mosch EA 247, 10 Mar. 2017, lot 4165
12 12     Münzzentrum Rheinland 184, 16 May 2018, lot 273 = Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 26, 14 Dec. 2014, lot 331
13 13     Pfeiffer 688, 20
14 14     Pfeiffer 688, 21
15 15     Pfeiffer 688, 50 = Gorny & Mosch EA 247, 10 Mar. 2017, lot 4166