RPC VII.2, 1410

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1410
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
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design confronted busts of Gordian III, laureate, draped and cuirassed, right, seen from front, and Sarapis, draped, left
Reverse inscription ΥΠ ΜΗΝΟΦΙΛΟΥ ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ, Ε
Reverse design Zeus seated left, holding patera over eagle and sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 6
Reference AMNG 1123
Specimens 7 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18276907, 1915/66
2 2     ✸ V: GR 38323
3 3     C. Rhodes coll.
4 4     Künker 20, 30 Sept. 1991, lot 795 = Müller 66, 28 Sept. 1990, lot 141
5 5     Pfeiffer 641, 41 = M&M GmbH 16, 19 May 2005, lot 319
6 6     Pfeiffer 661, 40
7 7     Solidus EA 12, 17 Feb. 2017, lot 221