RPC VII.2, 1348

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1348
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
Nominative 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
Reverse design Athena standing left, holding patera and spear; at feet, shield
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Axis 1, 2, 7, 12
Reference AMNG 1136
Specimens 11 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Ankara: 123-60/42-91 Sammlungen Türkei 36
2 2     Sofia: 10297 NAIM 1400
3 3     ✸ C. Rhodes coll.
4 4     C. Rhodes coll.
5 5     Cast in BBAW = AMNG 1136/1, pl. XV, 19, rev.
6 6     Hirsch 163, 27 Sept. 1987, lot 1146 = M&M AG FPL 527, Nov./Dec. 1989, lot 103
7 7     Kurpfälzische Münzhandlung 31, 18 Dec. 1986, lot 266
8 8     Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 9, 3 Nov. 2013, lot 310
9 9     Pfeiffer 677
10 10     Pfeiffer 678, 05 = Müller 31, 4 Feb. 1981, lot 562
11 11     Savoca Blue 5, 24 Feb. 2018, lot 720