RPC VII.2, 1395

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1395
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 Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανὸς Αὔγουστος 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 rear, and Sarapis, draped, left
Reverse inscription ΥΠ ΜΗΝΟΦΙΛΟΥ ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ, Ε
Edition ὑπατείας Μηνοφίλου Μαρκιανοπολιτῶν εʹ ὑπ(ατείας) Μηνοφίλου Μαρκιανοπολιτῶν εʹ
Translation during the (pro)consulship of Menophilus, of the Marcianopolitans, 5
Reverse design Nike standing facing, head left, holding wreath and palm
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 12.60 g
Axis 1, 2, 7
Reference AMNG 1143
Specimens 11 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: 18277143, 1904/10d
2 2     C: 569-2005
3 3     B. Michaux coll.
4 4     C. Rhodes coll.
5 5     Cast in BBAW
6 6     Cast in BBAW = AMNG 1143/1, pl. XVI, 8, rev.
7 7     CNG EA 384, 12 Oct. 2016, lot 414
8 8     Emporium 15, 25 Apr. 1989, lot 8
9 9     Gorny & Mosch 241, 10 Oct. 2016, lot 1742
10 10     Müller 68, 20 Sept. 1991, lot 205
11 11     Pfeiffer 679