RPC VII.2, 1396

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1396
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 ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤ, Ε
Edition ὑπ(ατείας) Μηνοφίλου Μαρκιανοπολίτ(ων) εʹ
Translation during the (pro)consulship of Menophilus, of the Marcianopolitans, 5
Reverse design Nike standing left, holding wreath and palm
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 13.79 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference AMNG 1141
Specimens 8 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18276996, Löbb.
2 2     ✸ Cop SNG 256
3 3     C. Rhodes coll.
4 4     CGT coll.
5 5     CNG EA 276, 21 Mar. 2012, lot 256
6 6     Heritage NYINC Signature Sale 3045, 12 Jan. 2016, lot 32200
7 7     Künker 30, 30 Sept. 1991, lot 796 = Schulten, 15 Oct. 1990, lot 927
8 8     Pfeiffer 679, 11