RPC VII.2, 1370

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1370
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
Edition ὑπ(ατεύοντος) Μηνοφίλου Μαρκιανοπολιτῶν
Translation (under) consular governor Menophilus, of the Marcianopolitans
Reverse design Hermes standing left, holding purse and caduceus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 12.07 g
Axis 1, 2, 12
Reference AMNG 1145
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)
Note The lack of E on the rev. might be an engraver's error.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     V: GR 7974 AMNG 1145/1
2 2     Sofia: 3194 NAIM 1415
3 3     CGT coll.
4 4     CNG EA 352, 3 June 2015, lot 226
5 5     ✸ CNG EA 358, 26 Aug. 2015, lot 226 = Hirsch 164, 29 Nov. 1989, lot 707