RPC VII.2, 1379

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1379
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 Homonoia standing left, holding patera and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 11.83 g
Axis 7
Reference AMNG 1157
Specimens 9 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: 18277176, Löbb. AMNG 1157/1
2 2     Sofia: 4722 NAIM 1417
3 3     C. Rhodes coll.
4 4     Cast in BBAW (Bucarest)
5 5     CNG 43, 24 Sept. 1997, lot 923
6 6     Gorny & Mosch 64, 11 Oct. 1993, lot 684
7 7     Pfeiffer 692
8 8     Pfeiffer 692, 10
9 9     Ritter FPL 29, July 1990, lot 381