RPC VII.2, 1353

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1353
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
Nominative 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
Reverse design city gate
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Axis 1, 7, 12
Reference AMNG 1168–9
Specimens 21 (5 in the core collections)
Note On the rev., sometimes, no ligature.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 688 AMNG 1168/2
2 2     ✸ B: 18277365, 1906 Löbb. AMNG 1168/1, pl. XX, 15, rev.
3 3     Cop SNG 259 = Egger 41, 18 Nov. 1912, lot 212
4 4     V: GR 43520
5 5     V: GR 27335_194
6 6     Sofia: 9326 NAIM 1445
7 7     Sofia: 1010 NAIM 1446
8 8     C. Rhodes coll.
9 9     Cast in BBAW
10 10     CGT coll.
11 11     CNG 46, 24 June 1998, lot 800
12 12     CNG 88, 14 Sept. 2011, lot 700
13 13     CNG EA 158, 14 Feb. 2007, lot 119
14 14     CNG EA 176, 14 Nov. 2007, lot 200
15 15     CNG EA 213, 1 July 2009, lot 261
16 16     CNG EA 213, 1 July 2009, lot 262
17 17     CNG EA 310, 4 Sept. 2013, lot 201 = Rauch 89, 5 Dec. 2011, lot 1873
18 18     Pfeiffer 700
19 19     Pfeiffer 701
20 20     Pfeiffer 702
21 21     Rauch 105, 16 Nov. 2017, lot 127