RPC VII.2, 1349

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1349
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(ΩΝΙΟϹ) ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανὸς Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Emperor 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 ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩ(Ν), Ε
Edition ὑπ(ατείας) Μηνοφίλου Μαρκιανοπολιτῶν εʹ
Translation during the (pro)consulship of Menophilus, of the Marcianopolitans, 5
Reverse design Athena standing left, holding shield resting on ground and spear
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 13.29 g
Axis 1, 6, 7, 12
Reference AMNG —
Specimens 31 (6 in the core collections)
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18276993, 1920/640
2 2     B: 18276992, 1915/105
3 3     NY: 1948.19.528
4 4     NY: 1997.32.65
5 5     NY: 1944.100.15322
6 6     NY: 1944.100.15323
7 7     Budapest: 2A.1910.775 SNG 265
8 8     Sofia: 2834 NAIM 1397
9 9     Sofia: 1723 NAIM 1398 = cast in BBAW
10 10     Sofia: 4348 NAIM 1399
11 11     Agora 67, 20 June 2017, lot 127
12 12     C. Rhodes coll.
13 13     C. Rhodes coll.
14 14     C. Rhodes coll.
15 15     ✸ C. Rhodes coll.
16 16     C. Rhodes coll. = CNG EA 379, 27 July 2016, lot 285
17 17     Cast in BBAW
18 18     CNG EA 158, 14 Feb. 2007, lot 118
19 19     CNG EA 380, 10 Aug. 2016, lot 367
20 20     CNG EA 382, 7 Sept. 2016, lot 218
21 21     Gorny & Mosch EA 247, 10 Mar. 2017, lot 4164
22 22     Naumann 58, 1 Oct. 2017, lot 237 = Naumann 45, 3 July 2016, lot 353 = Helios 5, 25 June 2010, lot 546 = Lanz 30, 26 Nov. 1984, lot 733
23 23     Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 1, 10 Mar. 2013, lot 91
24 24     Pfeiffer 674
25 25     Pfeiffer 675
26 26     Pfeiffer 676
27 27     Pfeiffer 676, 03
28 28     Rauch Summer 2008, 15 Sept. 2008, lot 886
29 29     Roma Numismatics 4, 30 Sept. 2012, lot 2427 = Bertolami 4, 5 Dec. 2011, lot 311
30 30     Stack's Bowers Galleries (& Ponterio) Sale 185 - Aug. 2014 ANA - Sess. D, 12 Aug. 2014, lot 30225
31 31     VAuctions 274, 15 Dec. 2011, lot 46