RPC VII.2, 1385

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1385
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 Hygieia standing right, feeding serpent from patera
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Axis 1, 12
Reference AMNG 1150
Specimens 12 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18277151, 1865/28737 AMNG 1150/1
2 2     NY: 1997.32.74
3 3     ✸ Leeds-UL: 1439
4 4     C. Rhodes coll.
5 5     C. Rhodes coll.
6 6     CNG EA 214, 15 July 2009, lot 275
7 7     Egger 41, 18 Nov. 1912, lot 209
8 8     Gorny & Mosch EA 247, 10 Mar. 2017, lot 4176
9 9     Hirsch 159, 21 Sept. 1988, lot 990
10 10     Künker 23, 30 Sept. 1992, lot 460
11 11     Pfeiffer 686
12 12     VAuctions 262, 14 Apr. 2011, lot 64