RPC VII.2, 1392

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1392
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 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 scales and cubit rule; at feet, wheel
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 12.33 g
Axis 1, 2, 12
Reference AMNG 1154
Specimens 20 (1 in the core collections)
Note On the rev., E is sometimes retrograde.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1970.142.10
2 2     Sofia: 3056 NAIM 1424
3 3     Agora 62, 1 Nov. 2016, lot 105
4 4     Agora 64, 24 Jan. 2017, lot 83
5 5     C. Rhodes coll.
6 6     C. Rhodes coll.
7 7     C. Rhodes coll.
8 8     C. Rhodes coll.
9 9     CGT coll.
10 10     CGT coll.
11 11     CNG EA 385, 26 Oct. 2016, lot 355
12 12     ✸ CNG EA 422, 13 June 2018, lot 381
13 13     Gorny & Mosch EA 278, 21 Apr. 2021, lot 3175
14 14     Münzzentrum Rheinland 145, 3 Sept. 2008, lot 820
15 15     Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 34, 2 Aug. 2015, lot 525
16 16     Pfeiffer 691
17 17     Pfeiffer 691, 15
18 18     Rauch Summer 2008, 15 Sept. 2008, lot 887
19 19     Numismatik Naumann 127, 2 Apr. 2023, lot 395
20 20     Roma Numismatics EA 110, 3 Aug. 2023, lot 1031