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Volume
VII.2
Number
1373
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 ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟⳞ ΑΥΓ
Obverse design
confronted busts of Gordian III, laureate, draped and cuirassed, r., seen from rear, and Sarapis, draped, l.
Reverse inscription
ΥΠ ΜΗΝΟΦΙΛΟΥ ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ, Ε
Reverse design
Hermes standing l., holding purse and sceptre
Metal
Æ
Average diameter
27 mm
Average weight
12.91 g
Axis
7
Reference
AMNG —
Specimens
2
Note
The identification of the deity on the rev. as Hermes is suggested by the winged sandals.
Specimens of this coin type
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Reverse
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1
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C. Rhodes coll.
27
13.91
7
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2
Pfeiffer 680, 10
27.7
11.91
7
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