RPC VII.2, 1418

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1418
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 ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordian Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΥΠ ΜΗΝΟΦΙΛΟΥ ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ
Edition ὑπ(ατεύοντος) Μηνοφίλου Μαρκιανοπολιτῶν
Translation (under) consular governor Menophilus, of the Marcianopolitans
Reverse design Demeter standing left, holding ears of corn and sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 9.68 g
Axis 1, 7, 12
Reference AMNG 1088–9
Specimens 25 (6 in the core collections)
Note On the rev., sometimes, no ligature.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: L 2208 AMNG 1088/4
2 2     B: 18276493, Löbb.
3 3     Mu SNG 365 = AMNG 1088/2
4 4     Mu SNG 366
5 5     NY: 1997.32.73
6 6     ✸ O: Walker Kölner Münzkabinett 45, 18 Nov. 1987, lot 280
7 7     Leeds-UL: 1435
8 8     Sofia: 4721 NAIM 1347
9 9     Sofia: 5446 NAIM 1348
10 10     Sofia: 7462 NAIM 1349
11 11     C. Rhodes coll.
12 12     C. Rhodes coll.
13 13     Cast in BBAW
14 14     Cast in BBAW
15 15     CGT coll.
16 16     CGT coll.
17 17     CGT coll.
18 18     CGT coll.
19 19     CGT coll.
20 20     CGT coll.
21 21     Pfeiffer 629
22 22     Pfeiffer 630
23 23     Pfeiffer 631
24 24     Pfeiffer 631, 10
25 25     SNG Evelpidis 833