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Ancients Auction 12  –  22 August 2024

The Coin Cabinet, Ancients Auction 12

Greek, Roman, Byzantine and Islamic Coins - 20% BP

Th, 22.08.2024, from 3:00 PM CEST
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Description

ROMAN PROVINCIAL. MOESIA INFERIOR, MARCIANOPOLIS. Gordian III.
Bronze Pentassarion, AD 238-241.
Tullius Menophilus, consular legate. Obv: ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ, confronted busts of Gordian III, laureate, draped and cuirassed, right, and Sarapis, draped, left. Rev: ΥΠ ΜΗΝΟΦΙΛΟΥ ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ, Homonoia standing left, holding patera and cornucopiae; E (retrograde) in right field.

Good Very Fine; a lovely example.

From the Euclidean Collection; ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 378 (13/08/2016), lot 289.

Reference: RPC VII.2-1378 (this coin illustrated).
Die Axis: 7h.
Diameter: 28 mm.
Weight: 14.90 g.
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