cn type 22487
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cn type 22487

Mint
Markianopolis 🔍  

Region: Moesia inferior  

Date

238-244 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑVΓ
Design
Confronted busts of Gordian III, laureate, draped and cuirassed, right, and of Serapis, draped and wearing kalathos, left.
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Reverse
Legend
VΠ ΜΗΝΟΦΙΛΟV ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ
Design
Nude Apollo standing facing, head right, holding bow in left hand; at his feet, left, drapery set on quiver; right, stump of tree entwined by serpent.
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Symbol
Ε (position: on the left)
Persons

Sitter: Gordian III. 🔍  

Legatus Augusti pro praetore: Tullius Menophilus 🔍  

Metrology
Material
Diameter
Max: 28.2 mm / Min: 26.3 mm
Average Weight
14.37 g (1x)
Citation

Pick, Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands. 1. Die antiken Münzen von Dacien und Moesien. 1. Halbbd. I 1, Berlin 1898 nr. 1130 

Mairat and Spoerri Butcher, RPC VII 2: Roman provincial coinage. Vol. VII 2: From Gordian I to Gordian III (AD 238–244): all provinces except Asia. print and online, London 2022 nr. 1333 

Mairat and Spoerri Butcher, RPC VII 2: Roman provincial coinage. Vol. VII 2: From Gordian I to Gordian III (AD 238–244): all provinces except Asia. print and online, London 2022 nr. 1335 

Literature

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/7.2/1333

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/7.2/1335

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cn type 22487, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/22487 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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