RPC VII.2, 1407

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1407
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 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 ὑπ(ατεύοντος) Μηνοφίλου Μαρκιανοπολιτῶν
Translation (under) consular governor Menophilus, of the Marcianopolitans
Reverse design Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 12.29 g
Axis 7
Reference AMNG —
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–6: same rev. die as 1428/2.
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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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18277361, Löbb.
2 2     NY: 1944.100.15318
3 3     Warsaw: 84891
4 4     C. Rhodes coll.
5 5     CNG EA 147, 6 Sept. 2006, lot 72 = CNG 18, 3 Dec. 1991, lot 488 = Lanz 44, 16 May 1988, lot 731; C. Rhodes coll.
6 6     ✸ Pfeiffer 694, 11 = Gorny & Mosch EA 247, 10 Mar. 2017, lot 4186