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Pentassarion - Gordianus III VΠ MHNOΦIΛOV MAPKIANOΠOΛITΩN, Marcianopolis
| Issuer | Marcianopolis Mint |
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| Year | 238-241 |
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| Weight | 9.4 g |
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| Obverse description | Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of the emperor Gordian III facing right, depicted from behind with the paludamentum visible over the left shoulder. The effigy displays the characteristic youthful features of Gordian III rendered in the provincial workshop style of Moesia Inferior. The encircling Greek legend reads M ANT ΓOPΔIANOC AYΓ, identifying the emperor by his imperial titulature. The flan is irregular, with some weakness at the rim consistent with hand-struck provincial coinage of the period. |
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| Reverse description | Nemesis, the goddess of retribution and divine justice, depicted standing left in long chiton and himation, holding a pair of scales in her raised right hand and a cubit rule in her left. At her feet, a wheel — an attribute emblematic of her role as arbiter of fate — is rendered in low relief. The figure is well-centred on the flan, executed in the typical provincial die-cutting style of Marcianopolis under the governorship of Menophilus. The surrounding Greek legend names the city and its governor: VΠ MHNOΦIΛOV MAPKIANOΠOΛITΩN. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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