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Image of specimen #2 |
URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/7.2/1353 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
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 |
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 rear, 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 | city gate |
Metal | copper-based alloy |
Average diameter | 28 mm |
Average weight | 12.09 g |
Axis | 1, 7, 12 |
Reference | AMNG 1168–9 |
Specimens | 21 (5 in the core collections) |
Note | On the rev., sometimes, no ligature. |