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
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 Nike standing facing, head left, holding wreath and palm
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 1, 2, 7
Reference AMNG 1143
Specimens 11 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number 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