RPC VII.2, 1428

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1428
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 ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΥΠ ΜΗΝΟΦΙΛΟΥ ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ
Reverse design Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 7
Reference AMNG —
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 2: same rev. die as 1407/1–6.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Numismatica 13, 9 Nov. 1976, lot 659 = Rauch 5, 6 Nov. 1970, lot 346
2 2     ✸ Pfeiffer 637, 1