RPC VII.2, 1332

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1332
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 Apollo standing facing, head right, grasping a tree, around which a serpent coils, and holding his right arm over his head; to left, cloak on stone
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Axis 1, 2, 6, 7, 12
Reference AMNG 1130
Specimens 19 (5 in the core collections)
Note On the rev., sometimes, ΝΩ or no ligature.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1958,0304.140
2 2     P: 696A AMNG 1130/3
3 3     B: 18276984, Löbb. AMNG 1130/2, pl. XV.3, rev.
4 4     Cop SNG 255 = AMNG 1130/1
5 5     ✸ O: Walker
6 6     Budapest SNG 264
7 7     Sofia: 9325 NAIM 1389
8 8     C. Rhodes coll.
9 9     Cast in BBAW
10 10     CGT coll.
11 11     CNG EA 158, 14 Feb. 2007, lot 116
12 12     CNG EA 158, 14 Feb. 2007, lot 117
13 13     CNG EA 383, 28 Sept. 2016, lot 364
14 14     Gorny & Mosch 204, 5 Mar. 2012, lot 1682 = Münzzentrum Rheinland 119, 14 Jan. 2004, lot 135 = Hess 253, 8 Mar. 1983, lot 329
15 15     Gorny & Mosch EA 247, 10 Mar. 2017, lot 4159
16 16     Gorny & Mosch EA 247, 10 Mar. 2017, lot 4160
17 17     Künker eLive 38, 2 Dec. 2015, lot 149 = Grün 64, 20 Nov. 2014, lot 1861 = Künker 193, 26 Sept. 2011, lot 923 = Helios 4, 14 Oct. 2009, lot 644
18 18     Pfeiffer 669
19 19     Pfeiffer 670, 05