RPC VII.2, 1413

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1413
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(ΩΝΙΟϹ) ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανὸς Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Emperor 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
Edition ὑπ(ατείας) Μηνοφίλου Μαρκιανοπολιτῶν εʹ
Translation during the (pro)consulship of Menophilus, of the Marcianopolitans, 5
Reverse design Zeus standing left, holding patera over eagle and sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 12.88 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference AMNG —
Specimens 5 (0 in the core collections)
Note On the obv., sometimes, no ligature.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ C. Rhodes coll.
2 2     CGT coll.
3 3     CNG EA 369, 24 Feb. 2016, lot 362
4 4     Gorny & Mosch EA 247, 10 Mar. 2017, lot 4188
5 5     Pfeiffer 660, 15