RPC VII.2, 1346

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1346
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 ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ
Edition ὑπ(ατεύοντος) Μηνοφίλου Μαρκιανοπολιτῶν
Translation (under) consular governor Menophilus, of the Marcianopolitans
Reverse design Athena standing left, holding patera and spear; at feet, shield
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 12.30 g
Axis 7
Reference AMNG 1137
Specimens 6 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     C. Rhodes coll.
2 2     C. Rhodes coll. = Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 24, 2 Nov. 2014, lot 266
3 3     Cast in BBAW = AMNG 1137/1
4 4     ✸ Gorny & Mosch EA 278, 21 Apr. 2021, lot 3176
5 5     Pfeiffer 678
6 6     Schulten, 11 Apr. 1988, lot 812 = Knopek 15, 7 Dec. 1979, lot 325