RPC VII.2, 1422

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1422
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
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΥΠ ΜΗΝΟΦΙΛΟΥ ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ
Reverse design Homonoia standing left, holding patera over altar and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 6, 7
Reference AMNG 1097
Specimens 7 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18276496, I-B
2 2     Sofia: 10285 NAIM 1355
3 3     Cast in BBAW
4 4     CGT coll.
5 5     ✸ CNG EA 165, 30 May 2007, lot 124 = Gorny & Mosch 108, 3 Apr. 2001, lot 1426
6 6     Pfeiffer 636
7 7     Rauch 48, 6 Apr. 1992, lot 885