RPC VII.2, 1408

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1408
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 Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 12.41 g
Axis 6, 7, 12
Reference AMNG 1159, 1163
Specimens 19 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 4, 7, 11, 13, 15, 17: same obv. die as 1640/1, 4, 8, 10, 12–16, 18–21 (Dionysopolis).
Note On the obv., sometimes, no ligature.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1844,0425.934 BMC 87 = AMNG 1159/2
2 2     ✸ B: 18277185, Alter Bestand (vor 1700) AMNG 1159/1
3 3     Ankara: 123-60/41-91 Sammlungen Türkei 38
4 4     Sofia: 7501 NAIM 1434 = AMNG 1159/2
5 5     Sofia: 2286 NAIM 1435 = AMNG 1159/3
6 6     Sofia: 2037 NAIM 1436
7 7     C. Rhodes coll.
8 8     Cast in BBAW
9 9     CGT coll.
10 10     CNG EA 73, 17 Sept. 2003, lot 51
11 11     Gorny & Mosch EA 247, 10 Mar. 2017, lot 4192
12 12     Hirsch 160, 23 Nov. 1988, lot 576
13 13     M&M GmbH 16, 19 May 2005, lot 323
14 14     M&M AG FPL 558, Sept. 1992, lot 63
15 15     Pfeiffer 693, 10
16 16     Pfeiffer 696
17 17     Rauch MBS 11, 12 Sept. 2006, lot 384
18 18     Ritter FPL 44, April. 1997, lot 651
19 19     Schulten, 19 Mar. 1986, lot 547