RPC VII.2, 1414

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1414
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 standing left, holding patera over eagle and sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 12.71 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference AMNG 1122
Specimens 8 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18276819, 1915/102
2 2     ✸ NY: 1944.100.15321
3 3     BBAW: 72
4 4     Budapest SNG 263
5 5     Sofia: 3242 NAIM 1441
6 6     Sofia: 1598 NAIM 1442
7 7     Pfeiffer 660, 10
8 8     Pfeiffer 660, 11 = Roma Numismatics EA 14, 27 Dec. 2014, lot 328