RPC VII.2, 1381

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1381
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 Μᾶρκος Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανὸς Αὔγουστος 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
Edition ὑπατεύοντος Μηνοφίλου Μαρκιανοπολιτῶν ὑπ(ατεύοντος) Μηνοφίλου Μαρκιανοπολιτῶν
Translation during the (pro)consulship of Menophilus, of the Marcianopolitans
Reverse design Hygieia standing left, feeding serpent from patera
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 12.78 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference AMNG —
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same rev. die as 1380/1, 1423/1–5.
Note The lack of the value mark E is due to the fact that the reverse die was also used for the 26 mm module.
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     CGT coll.
2 2     ✸ Pfeiffer 687, 10