RPC VII.2, 1417

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1417
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
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordian Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΥΠ ΜΗΝΟΦΙΛΟΥ ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ
Edition ὑπ(ατεύοντος) Μηνοφίλου Μαρκιανοπολιτῶν
Translation (under) consular governor Menophilus, of the Marcianopolitans
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 10.32 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference AMNG 1090
Specimens 13 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 703 AMNG 1090/1
2 2     Mu AMNG 1090/2 = SNG 367
3 3     ✸ O: Baldwin
4 4     Blagoevgrad: 1.5.11/12379 CCCHBulg IV 307
5 5     Sofia: 10168 NAIM 1346
6 6     B. Michaux coll.
7 7     C. Rhodes coll.
8 8     C. Rhodes coll.
9 9     CGT coll.
10 10     Gorny & Mosch 170, 13 Oct. 2008, lot 1658
11 11     Künker 89, 8 Mar. 2004, lot 2500
12 12     Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 35, 6 Sept. 2015, lot 349
13 13     Pfeiffer 631, 20