RPC VII.2, 1426

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1426
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 Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανὸς Αὔγουστος 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 ὑπατεύοντος Μηνοφίλου Μαρκιανοπολιτῶν ὑπ(ατεύοντος) Μηνοφίλου Μαρκιανοπολιτῶν
Translation during the (pro)consulship of Menophilus, of the Marcianopolitans
Reverse design Nemesis standing left, holding scales and cubit rule; at feet, wheel
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 9.79 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference AMNG 1093
Specimens 12 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1920,0805.23
2 2     B: 18276495, Löbb.
3 3     Sofia: 8857 NAIM 1357
4 4     Berk 79, 2 Nov. 1993, lot 621
5 5     C. Rhodes coll.
6 6     CGT coll.
7 7     Emporium Hamburg FPL 218, Aug. 2007, lot 465 = Emporium Hamburg FPL 216, Aug. 2006, lot 306
8 8     Hirsch 249, 7 Feb. 2007, lot 2101
9 9     Münzzentrum Rheinland 184, 16 May 2018, lot 276 = Blançon FPL 12, 1992, lot 279
10 10     Pfeiffer 633, 12
11 11     Pfeiffer 634
12 12     VAuctions 322, 13 Dec. 2016, lot 238