RPC VII.2, 1331

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1331
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 ΑΝΤΩΝΙΟϹ 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 Apollo standing left, holding patera and branch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 11.12 g
Axis 6
Reference AMNG —
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)
Note On the rev., the value mark E is retrograde.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     C. Rhodes coll.
2 2     Pfeiffer 671, 10
3 3     ✸ Pfeiffer 671, 12 = Grün 59, 15 May 2012, lot 144 = Lanz 58, 21 Nov. 1991, lot 793