RPC VII.2, 1372

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1372
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 Hermes standing left, holding purse and caduceus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 12.45 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference AMNG 1144
Specimens 11 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 694 AMNG 1144/2
2 2     Cop SNG 257 = AMNG 1144/1
3 3     V: GR 7973 AMNG 1144/3
4 4     Aes Rude 12, 3 Apr. 1986, lot 189
5 5     ✸ C. Rhodes coll.
6 6     CGT coll.
7 7     CNG EA 356, 29 July 2015, lot 297 = Schulten, 11 Apr. 1988, lot 813
8 8     Gorny & Mosch EA 251, 15 Oct. 2017, lot 4621
9 9     Kölner Münzkabientt 80, 5 Nov. 2003, lot 363
10 10     NFA, 9 Sept. 1993, lot 516
11 11     Pfeiffer 679, 20 = Schulten, 11 Apr. 1988, lot813