RPC VII.2, 1380

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1380
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 during the (pro)consulship of Menophilus, of the Marcianopolitans
Reverse design Hygieia standing left, feeding serpent from patera
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 13.40 g
Reference AMNG —
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same rev. die as 1381/1–2, 1423/1–5.
Note The lack of the value mark E is due to the fact that the reverse die was also used for the 26 mm module.
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Hristov and Jekov, Marcianopolis, 6.37.21.1