RPC VII.2, 1369

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1369
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 rear, and Sarapis, draped, left
Reverse inscription ΥΠ ΜΗΝΟΦΙΛΟΥ ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩ, Ε
Reverse design Heracles standing facing, head left, holding club and apples, lion skin on shoulder
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Axis 1, 2
Reference AMNG 1151
Specimens 8 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18277152, Löbb. AMNG 1151/1, pl. XVII.16, rev.
2 2     NY: 1923.17.7
3 3     C. Rhodes coll.
4 4     C. Rhodes coll.
5 5     Cast in BBAW
6 6     ✸ Gorny & Mosch EA 247, 10 Mar. 2017, lot 4172
7 7     Künker 23, 30 Sept. 1992, lot 652 = Müller 68, 20 Sept. 1991, lot 204
8 8     Pfeiffer 688