RPC VII.2, 1375

 

Image of specimen #10

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1375
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(ΩΝΙΟϹ) ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανὸς Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Emperor 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 ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤ(ΩΝ), Ε
Edition ὑπ(ατείας) Μηνοφίλου Μαρκιανοπολιτῶν εʹ
Translation during the (pro)consulship of Menophilus, of the Marcianopolitans, 5
Reverse design Homonoia seated left, holding patera and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 10.92 g
Axis 1, 6, 7, 12
Reference AMNG 1158
Specimens 10 (0 in the core collections)
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Sofia: 637 NAIM 1419
2 2     C. Rhodes coll.
3 3     CGT coll.
4 4     CGT coll.
5 5     CGT coll.
6 6     Hirsch 157, 24 Nov. 1986, lot 703
7 7     Müller 55, 12 June 1987, lot 136
8 8     Müller 65, 18 May 1990, lot 221
9 9     Pfeiffer 693, 00
10 10     ✸ Savoca 13, 12 Mar. 2017, lot 339