RPC VII.2, 1365

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1365
Province Moesia Inferior
Region Moesia
City Marcianopolis
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Magistrate Tullius Menophilus (legatus Augusti pro praetore)
Dating AD 238–41
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Nominative Imperator Caesar 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 Gordian III, laureate, in military dress, standing left, holding patera over tripod and spear
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Axis 7, 8
Reference AMNG —
Specimens 15 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1997.32.66
2 2     V: GR 39651
3 3     Sofia: 5417 NAIM 1411
4 4     Sofia: 10683 NAIM 1412
5 5     C. Rhodes coll.
6 6     C. Rhodes coll.
7 7     C. Rhodes coll.
8 8     C. Rhodes coll.
9 9     ✸ CNG EA 281, 20 June 2012, lot 189
10 10     Gorny & Mosch EA 278, 21 Apr. 2021, lot 3174
11 11     Peus EA 420, 18 Nov. 2017, lot 6492
12 12     Pfeiffer 705
13 13     Pfeiffer 706
14 14     Pfeiffer 707 = Künker 24, 10 Mar. 1993, lot 504
15 15     VAuctions 306, 21 May 2014, lot 291