RPC VII.2, 1390

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1390
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 ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ, Ε
Edition ὑπ(ατείας) Μηνοφίλου Μαρκιανοπολιτῶν εʹ
Translation during the (pro)consulship of Menophilus, of the Marcianopolitans, 5
Reverse design Nemesis standing left, holding scales and cornucopia; at feet, wheel
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 12.52 g
Axis 6
Reference AMNG 1156
Specimens 11 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18277166, 1915/108
2 2     Cop SNG 258 = AMNG 1156/1
3 3     NY: 1947.97.114
4 4     Sofia: 6869 NAIM 1428
5 5     CGT coll.
6 6     CNG EA 385, 26 Oct. 2016, lot 354
7 7     ✸ Gorny & Mosch EA 247, 10 Mar. 2017, lot 4177
8 8     Lanz 48, 22 May 1989, lot 682
9 9     Pfeiffer 691, 10
10 10     Solidus EA 6, 19 July 2015, lot 169
11 11     Boston: 63.2966