MOESIA INFERIOR. Marcianopolis. Gordian III, 238-244. Pentassarion (Orichalcum, 27 mm, 12.54 g, 1 h), Tullius Menophilus, legatus Augusti pro praetore, 238-241. M ANT [ΓO]PΔIANOC / AYΓ Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, on the left, facing draped bust of Serapis, wearing kalathos, on the right. Rev. YΠ MHNOΦIΛOY MAP[K]IANOΠO/ΛIT ΩN Crenelated city-gate with two turrets and no doors; within doorway, E (mark of value). AMNG I 1169. Hristova/Jekov 6.37.46.3. RPC VII.2 online 1353. SNG Copenhagen 259. Varbanov 1968 var. (obverse legend). Sharply struck and with a lovely architectural reverse. Minor weakness and small traces of corrosion, otherwise, extremely fine.

From a German collection of exceptional Moesian and Thracian bronze coins, formed before 2005.