RPC VII.2, 1419

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1419
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 laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΥΠ ΜΗΝΟΦΙΛΟΥ ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤ
Edition ὑπ(ατεύοντος) Μηνοφίλου Μαρκιανοπολιτ(ῶν)
Translation (under) consular governor Menophilus, of the Marcianopolitans
Reverse design one of the Dioscuri standing left, holding horse by rein and spear
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 10.02 g
Axis 6, 7, 8
Reference AMNG 1091
Specimens 19 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1921,0213.26
2 2     B: 18276494, 1915/99
3 3     Cop AMNG 1091/2 = SNG 251
4 4     Bucharest AMNG 1091/1 = cast in BBAW
5 5     Cracow: MNK VII-A-8913 SNG 133
6 6     Leeds-UL: 1434
7 7     Sofia: 559 NAIM 1350
8 8     Sofia: 10284 NAIM 1352
9 9     C. Rhodes coll.
10 10     C. Rhodes coll.
11 11     CGT coll.
12 12     CNG EA 132, 1 Feb. 2006, lot 100 = Lanz 102, 28 May 2001, lot 852
13 13     CNG EA 163, 25 Apr. 2007, lot 134
14 14     CNG EA 352, 3 June 2015, lot 224
15 15     CNG EA 352, 3 June 2015, lot 225
16 16     CNG EA 356, 29 July 2015, lot 296
17 17     Peus 366, 29 Oct. 2000, lot 328 = Lanz 58, 21 Nov. 1991, lot 796
18 18     Pfeiffer 632
19 19     Rauch Summer 2007, 11 Sept. 2007, lot 847 = Rauch 74, 7 Dec. 2004, lot 282