RPC VII.2, 1401

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1401
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 Γορδιανός 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 Sarapis standing left, raising arm, holding sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 12.26 g
Axis 1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 12
Reference AMNG 1126
Specimens 41 (8 in the core collections)
Note Inscriptions are sometimes without ligatures (ΑΥΓ and ΩΝ).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1958,0304.139
2 2     L: 1975,0411.20
3 3     P: 1966.453
4 4     B: 18276925, Löbb.
5 5     ✸ B: 18276923, Löbb. AMNG 1126/2
6 6     Mu SNG 371 = AMNG 1126/3
7 7     Mu SNG 372
8 8     NY: 1997.32.67
9 9     Ankara: 123-60/56-91 Sammlungen Türkei 35
10 10     BBAW: 71 CNG EA 372, 6 Apr. 2016, lot 251
11 11     Gotha: 1./Co3074
12 12     Sofia: 2501 NAIM 1429
13 13     Sofia: 9013 NAIM 1430
14 14     Sofia: 6389 NAIM 1431
15 15     Sofia: 1146 NAIM 1432
16 16     Sofia: 4425 NAIM 1433
17 17     Warsaw: 84890
18 18     C. Rhodes coll.
19 19     C. Rhodes coll.
20 20     C. Rhodes coll.
21 21     C. Rhodes coll.
22 22     C. Rhodes coll. = CNG EA 323, 26 Mar. 2014, lot 201
23 23     Cast in BBAW (Sarajevo)
24 24     CGT coll.
25 25     CGT coll.
26 26     CGT coll.
27 27     CNG EA 165, 30 May 2007, lot 125
28 28     CNG EA 172, 5 Sept. 2007, lot 80
29 29     CNG EA 353, 17 June 2015, lot 262
30 30     Emporium Hamburg 79, 16 Nov. 2017, lot 402
31 31     Gorny & Mosch 196, 7 Mar. 2011, lot 1996
32 32     Gorny & Mosch EA 247, 10 Mar. 2017, lot 4181
33 33     Gorny & Mosch EA 247, 10 Mar. 2017, lot 4182
34 34     iNumis MBS 29, 2 June 2015, lot 407
35 35     Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 11, 29 Dec. 2013, lot 379
36 36     Pfeiffer 665
37 37     Pfeiffer 665, 10
38 38     Pfeiffer 665, 15 = Naumann 51, 5 Mar. 2017, lot 242
39 39     Pfeiffer 665, 20 = Gorny & Mosch EA 247, 10 Mar. 2017, lot 4183
40 40     Savoca Blue 4, 29 Dec. 2017, lot 653
41 41     Solidus Autumn 36, 25 Nov. 2018, lot 127