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Pentassarion - Gordian III Marcianopolis
| Issuer | Marcianopolis |
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| Year | 239-240 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Confronted busts: on the right, the laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Emperor Gordian III facing left, and on the left, the laureate and draped bust of the god Serapis facing right, wearing a tall kalathos (modius) upon his head. The two effigies face one another across the field in a characteristic provincial jugate-confronted arrangement. The surrounding Greek legend names both the emperor and the civic authority. |
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| Reverse description | Apollo stands facing, his head turned to the right, raising his right hand to rest upon his head in a gesture of repose, while his left hand holds a bow. To the left of the figure, the mark of value E (epsilon, denoting five assaria) and a quiver are visible in the field. To the right, a serpent is depicted coiled around a tree stump, a motif associated with healing divinity. The composition is characteristic of provincial Moesian bronze coinage of the mid-third century AD. |
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| Mintage | ND (239-240) |
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