RPC VII.2, 1362

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1362
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 Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Emperor Marcus Antonius Gordian 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 Demeter standing left, holding ears of corn and torch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 12.29 g
Axis 12
Reference AMNG —
Specimens 5 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Sofia: 6095 NAIM 1404
2 2     Argenor, 24 Apr. 1998, lot 45
3 3     ✸ C. Rhodes coll. = CNG EA 274, 22 Feb. 2012, lot 266
4 4     CNG EA 51, 23 Oct. 2002, lot 32
5 5     Münzzentrum Rheinland 105, 10 Jan. 2001, lot 376