RPC VII.2, 1412

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1412
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
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation 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 Zeus seated left, holding patera over eagle and sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 11.61 g
Axis 1, 11
Reference AMNG —
Specimens 4 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Bern: N/82.231 SNG Righetti 231
2 2     Kölner Münzkabinett 73, 7 Nov. 2000, lot 376
3 3     Peus 366, 29 Oct. 2000, lot 331 = Schulten, 11 Apr. 1988, lot 814 = Müller 51, 14 Feb. 1986, lot 172
4 4     ✸ Pfeiffer 664