RPC VII.2, 1371

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1371
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 ΑΥΓ
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 ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ, Ε
Edition ὑπ(ατείας) Μηνοφίλου Μαρκιανοπολιτῶν εʹ
Translation during the (pro)consulship of Menophilus, of the Marcianopolitans, 5
Reverse design Hermes standing left, holding purse and caduceus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 12.35 g
Axis 6, 7, 12
Reference AMNG —
Specimens 8 (1 in the core collections)
Note On the rev., sometimes, ΝΩ for ΩΝ, or retrograde Ε.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18277147, 1915/106
2 2     Sofia: 10287 NAIM 1416
3 3     Vat cast in BBAW
4 4     ✸ C. Rhodes coll.
5 5     CGT coll.
6 6     CGT coll.
7 7     CNG EA 223, 2 Dec. 2009, lot 302 = Helios 1, 17 Apr. 2008, lot 509
8 8     Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 10, 1 Dec. 2013, lot 280