RPC VII.2, 1383

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1383
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
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design confronted busts of Gordian III, laureate, draped and cuirassed, right, seen from front, and Sarapis, draped, left
Reverse inscription ΥΠ ΜΗΝΟΦΙΛΟΥ ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ, Ε
Reverse design Hygieia standing right, feeding serpent from patera
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Axis 6, 7
Reference AMNG —
Specimens 9 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1921,0213.27
2 2     Sofia: 4475 NAIM 1420
3 3     Sofia: 5102 NAIM 1421
4 4     B. Michaux coll.
5 5     CNG EA 190, 25 June 2008, lot 187
6 6     Münzzentrum Rheinland 162, 9 May 2012, lot 143 = Teutoburger 49, 28 May 2010, lot 635
7 7     Schulman NY, 6 June 1969 (Mabbott coll.), lot 637 = Hirsch 166, 16 May 1990, lot 1207
8 8     Sternberg 26, 16 Nov. 1992, lot 401
9 9     Dix Noonan Webb 145, 13 Mar. 2018, lot 960 = Dix Noonan Webb 47, 8 Sept. 2000, lot 85