RPC VII.2, 1361

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1361
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(ΩΝΙΟϹ) ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥ(Γ)
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανὸς Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Emperor Caesar 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 ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩ(Ν), Ε
Edition ὑπ(ατείας) Μηνοφίλου Μαρκιανοπολιτῶν εʹ
Translation during the (pro)consulship of Menophilus, of the Marcianopolitans, 5
Reverse design Demeter standing left, holding ears of corn and sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 12.47 g
Axis 1, 6, 7, 12
Reference AMNG 1127
Specimens 31 (6 in the core collections)
Note On the rev., E is sometimes retrograde.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 696B AMNG 1127/1
2 2     B: 18276986, 1915/104
3 3     C: 567-2005
4 4     C McClean 4387
5 5     ✸ O: Walker Schulten, 11 Apr. 1989, lot 551 = Müller 59, 23 Sept. 1988, lot 249
6 6     V: GR 38325
7 7     Cracow: MNK VII-A-6432 SNG 134
8 8     Sofia: 10298 NAIM 1408
9 9     Sofia: 9154 NAIM 1409
10 10     C. Rhodes coll.
11 11     C. Rhodes coll.
12 12     C. Rhodes coll.
13 13     C. Rhodes coll.
14 14     C. Rhodes coll.
15 15     Cast in BBAW
16 16     CGT coll.
17 17     CGT coll.
18 18     CGT coll.
19 19     CGT coll.
20 20     CGT coll.
21 21     CGT coll.
22 22     CGT coll.
23 23     CNG EA 382, 7 Sept. 2016, lot 219
24 24     J. Bajer coll.
25 25     Nomos obolos 5, 26 June 2016, lot 733
26 26     Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 29, 1 Mar. 2015, lot 370
27 27     Pfeiffer 666
28 28     Pfeiffer 667
29 29     Pfeiffer 667, 10
30 30     Pfeiffer 667, 13
31 31     Pfeiffer 667, 14