RPC VII.2, 1405

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1405
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 ΑΝΤΩΝΙΟϹ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Nominative Imperator 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
Reverse design Tyche seated left, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 1, 12
Reference AMNG —
Specimens 8 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Sofia: 5618 NAIM 1440
2 2     B. Michaux coll.
3 3     ✸ C. Rhodes coll. = Gorny & Mosch EA 247, 10 Mar. 2017, lot 4187
4 4     Elsen 64, 2 Dec. 2000, lot 728
5 5     Hirsch 271, 17 Feb. 2011, lot 2517
6 6     Kölner Münkabinett 80, 5 Nov. 2003, lot 365
7 7     Pfeiffer 697, 20
8 8     Schulten, 11 Apr. 1988, lot 808