RPC VII.2, 1354

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1354
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 Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordian Augustus
Obverse design confronted busts of Gordian III, laureate, draped and cuirassed, right, seen from front, 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 aerial view of the city walls enclosing temple and altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 15.53 g
Reference AMNG —
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note On the rev., the value mark Ε is inscribed on the entrance of the front gate.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Solidus Premium 37, 16 Dec. 2018, lot 54