RPC VII.2, 1387

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1387
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 front, 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 Nemesis standing left, holding cubit rule and cornucopia; at feet, wheel
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 12.00 g
Axis 1
Reference AMNG 1155
Specimens 9 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L BMC 88 = AMNG 1155/1
2 2     V: GR 36478
3 3     Sofia: 10040 NAIM 1422
4 4     Sofia: 8635 NAIM 1423
5 5     CNG 85, 15 Sept. 2010, lot 578
6 6     Emporium Hamburg 51, 13 May 2004, lot 472
7 7     Gorny & Mosch EA 247, 10 Mar. 2017, lot 4179
8 8     Pfeiffer 691, 05 = Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 26, 14 Dec. 2014, lot 330
9 9     Ritter FPL 47, Nov. 1998, lot 628