Savoca Coins
Online Auction 41 | Silver 23 Feb 2020
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Moesia Inferior. Marcianopolis. Gordian III AD 238-244. ΜΗΝΟΦΙΛΟΣ (Menophilus), legatus consularis. Struck AD 239-240
Pentassarion Æ
28 mm., 12,46 g.
AVT K M ANT ΓOPΔIANOC AVΓ, confronted busts of Gordian right, laureate, draped, and cuirassed, and Serapis left, draped and wearing calathus / VΠ ΜΗΝΟΦΙΛOV MA-PKIA[NOΠΟΛΙ]-Τ-Ω-Ν, Apollo standing facing, head right, placing right hand on head and holding bow in left, E (mark of value) and quiver to left, to right, serpent coiled around tree stump.
very fine
H&J, Marcianopolis 6.37.7.4.
Pentassarion Æ
28 mm., 12,46 g.
AVT K M ANT ΓOPΔIANOC AVΓ, confronted busts of Gordian right, laureate, draped, and cuirassed, and Serapis left, draped and wearing calathus / VΠ ΜΗΝΟΦΙΛOV MA-PKIA[NOΠΟΛΙ]-Τ-Ω-Ν, Apollo standing facing, head right, placing right hand on head and holding bow in left, E (mark of value) and quiver to left, to right, serpent coiled around tree stump.
very fine
H&J, Marcianopolis 6.37.7.4.