RPC VII.2, 1398

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1398
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, Ε
Edition ὑπ(ατείας) Μηνοφίλου Μαρκιανοπολιτῶν εʹ
Translation during the (pro)consulship of Menophilus, of the Marcianopolitans, 5
Reverse design Sarapis seated left, extending arm over Cerberus, and holding sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 13.87 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference AMNG —
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     CGT coll.
2 2     ✸ Roma Numismatics EA 78, 17 Dec. 2020, lot 901 = Gorny & Mosch 64, 11 Oct. 1993, lot 685