RPC VII.2, 1403

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1403
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
Nominative 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 temple with four columns enclosing statue of Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia; globe on pediment
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 7, 8
Reference AMNG 1165
Specimens 7 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ BBAW: 77 CNG EA 352, 3 June 2015, lot 227
2 2     Sofia: 561 NAIM 1448
3 3     Sofia: 4051 NAIM 1449
4 4     C. Rhodes coll.
5 5     C. Rhodes coll.
6 6     M&M GmbH 34, 26 May 2011, lot 235
7 7     Pfeiffer 698