RPC VII.2, 1333

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1333
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 confronted busts of Gordian III, laureate, draped and cuirassed, right, seen from front, 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 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 27 mm
Average weight 11.95 g
Axis 1, 2, 6, 12
Reference AMNG —
Specimens 11 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     O: Milne
2 2     Sofia: 3214 NAIM 1390
3 3     C. Rhodes coll.
4 4     CGT coll.
5 5     CNG 41, 19 Mar. 1997, lot 1350
6 6     CNG EA 260, 20 July 2011, lot 373 = Münzzentrum Rheinland 143, 16 Apr. 2008, lot 301
7 7     Lanz 58, 21 Nov. 1991, lot 794
8 8     Münzzentrum Rheinland 184, 16 May 2018, lot 269
9 9     ✸ Pecunem Solidus 22, 21 Sept. 2014, lot 108
10 10     Pfeiffer 670, 11 = Gorny & Mosch EA 247, 10 Mar. 2017, lot 4155
11 11     Roma Numismatics 4, 30 Sept. 2012, lot 2428 = Münzzentrym Rheinland 119, 14 Jan. 2004, lot 136