238 AD - 244 AD

Marcianopolis   Moesia Inferior   Gordianus III
Μαρκιανόπολις   Κάτω Μοισία   Γορδιάνος Γ'

 AE 27
 SHH 5984

5984 Marcianopolis Moesia Inferior Gordianus III AE

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Donated
 11.61 g   26.2-27.9 mm   2.3 eqmm   12:00 o'clock   VF   centering + / +
σmax(SigmaTest, 240 Hz) = obv. 10.2, rev. 9.8 MS/m
Laurate draped and cuirassed bust of Gordianus right,
facing draped bust of Serapis wearing Modius (κάλαθος) left;
M ANT ΓOPΔI[ANOC] clockwise around AVΓ in exergue; border of dots.
Fortuna seated left on throne, wearing modius (κάλαθος);
she holds rudder on globe in right hand and cornucopia in left arm;
wheel below thrown; E (denomination) in right field;
VΠ ΜΗΝΟΦΙΛOV / MAΡKIANOΠOΛ clockwise around, ITΩN in exergue; border of dots.
Part of circular grooves close to the centering.
AMNG I/1 1164; Hristova & Jakov 6.33.38.4; Varbanov 2022
Ex CNG 367E/326, 27.1.2016
Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften, 10.2018