RPC VII.2, 1364

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1364
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
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Emperor Caesar 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 Dionysus standing left, holding cantharus over panther and thyrsus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 12.05 g
Axis 1, 7
Reference AMNG 1147
Specimens 8 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 86 = AMNG 1147/1
2 2     ✸ O: Evans
3 3     AMNG 1147/2 = Schulten, 19 Mar. 1986, lot 543
4 4     B. Michaux coll.
5 5     C. Rhodes coll.
6 6     C. Rhodes coll.
7 7     Pfeiffer 683
8 8     Pfeiffer 683, 01 = Gorny & Mosch EA 247, 10 Mar. 2017, lot 4170