RPC VII.2, 1402

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1402
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 serpent coiling, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 12.53 g
Axis 1, 2, 12
Reference AMNG —
Specimens 9 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1969,0702.1
2 2     B: 18277364, 1915/109
3 3     ✸ C. Rhodes coll.
4 4     Cast in BBAW
5 5     CGT coll.
6 6     CGT coll.
7 7     Lanz 117, 24 Nov. 2003, lot 1059
8 8     Peus EA 420, 18 Nov. 2017, lot 6494
9 9     Pfeiffer 708, 20