Moesia Inferior. Marcianopolis. Gordian III AD 238-244. ΜΗΝΟΦΙΛΟΣ (Menophilus, legatus consularis)
Pentassarion Æ
29 mm., 13,47 g.
Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟC ΑVΓ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Gordian III right, facing draped bust of Serapis left / VΠ ΜΗΝΟΦΙΛΟV ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩ-Ν, Asklepios standing facing, head to left, leaning on serpent-staff, E (mark of value) to right.
good very fine
H&J, Marcianopolis, 6.37.20.1 var. (arrangement of reverse legend); Varbanov 1955 var. (same).