RPC VII.2, 1336

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1336
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 ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩ, Ε
Edition ὑπ(ατείας) Μηνοφίλου Μαρκιανοπολίτω(ν) εʹ
Translation during the (pro)consulship of Menophilus, of the Marcianopolitans, 5
Reverse design arch surmounted by three statues of figures standing
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 13.05 g
Axis 7, 8
Reference AMNG 1166
Specimens 13 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: N 3828 Egger 41, 18 Nov. 1912, lot 211
2 2     AMNG 1166/1, pl. III.16 = cast in BBAW
3 3     Aufhäuser 16, 16 Oct. 2001, lot 417
4 4     C. Rhodes coll. = Gorny & Mosch 122, 10 Mar. 2003, lot 1672
5 5     CNG EA 351, 20 May 2015, lot 459 = CNG EA 176, 14 Nov. 2007, lot 201
6 6     CNG EA 369, 24 Feb. 2016, lot 361 = Rauch 95, 30 Sept. 2014, lot 210
7 7     Künker 124, 16 Mar. 2007, lot 9374 = Münzzentrum 82, 6 Sept. 1995, lot 321
8 8     ✸ Lanz 147, 2 Nov. 2009, lot 440
9 9     Lanz 160, 15 June 2015, lot 499
10 10     Lanz 82, 24 Nov. 1997, lot 590
11 11     Peus 366, 29 Oct. 2000, lot 330 = Hirsch 191, 24 Sept. 1996, lot 1363
12 12     Pfeiffer 699 = Lanz 92, 4 June 1999, lot 993 = Finarte Casa D'Aste 995, 26 Nov. 1996, lot 1167 (C. Fontana coll.)
13 13     Rauch 82, 23 Apr. 2008, lot 456