RPC VII.2, 1409

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1409
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
Nominative 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
Reverse design Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 1, 6, 7, 12
Reference AMNG 1160–2
Specimens 25 (4 in the core collections)
Note On the rev., sometimes, no ligatures.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1993.858
2 2     B: 18277363, 1902/976
3 3     B: 18277362, Löbb. AMNG 1162/1
4 4     ✸ V: GR 39652
5 5     BBAW: 74
6 6     Sofia: 8636 NAIM 1437
7 7     Sofia: 4970 NAIM 1438
8 8     Winterthur GrMW I, 1088
9 9     Agora 67, 20 June 2017, lot 126
10 10     C. Rhodes coll.
11 11     C. Rhodes coll.
12 12     C. Rhodes coll.
13 13     Cast in BBAW
14 14     Cast in BBAW
15 15     Cast in BBAW = AMNG 1161/1
16 16     CGT coll.
17 17     CGT coll.
18 18     CNG EA 190, 25 June 2008, lot 188
19 19     CNG EA 340, 3 Dec. 2014, lot 247 = Schulten, 21 Oct. 1986, lot 745
20 20     Gorny & Mosch EA 247, 10 Mar. 2017, lot 4184
21 21     Grün 64, 20 Nov. 2014, lot 1864 = Emporium Hamburg 70, 14 Nov. 2013, lot 280
22 22     Peus EA 420, 18 Nov. 2017, lot 6493
23 23     Pfeiffer 694
24 24     Pfeiffer 694, 10 = Gorny & Mosch EA 247, 10 Mar. 2017, lot 4185
25 25     Pfeiffer 695