#71
A
rev. legend variant
Gordian III, AD 238-244
AE 25, 5.96g, 25.46mm
struck under Tullius Menophilus
obv. AVT KM ANT GOR - DIANOC
AVG Bust, draped and
cuirassed, seen from behind, laureate, r.
rev. VP MHNOFILOV - MARKIANOPOL
in r.
field IT
in ex. WN (
ligate)
Demeter, veiled and in long girded double
chiton and mantle, stg. frontal,
head l., holding
grain-ears in lowered r. hand and resting with raised l. hand on long torch
ref. a)
AMNG I/1, 1089 (2 ex., Bukarest, Rollin)
b)
Varbanov (engl.) 1920 (WN not seen)
c) not in Hristova/Jekov (2011) No. 6.36.5.4
var. (AR
ligate)
d)
Pfeiffer 631
Ancient Imports,
vcoins, december 2011
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