RPC VII.1, 247

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 247
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Tabala
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus) ; Tranquillina (Augusta)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΒ ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΛΕΙΝΑ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Αὔ{ρ}<γ>(ουστος) Σεβ(αστὸς) Τρανκυλλεῖνα
Translation Emperor Caesar Antoninus Gordianus Augustus Augustus Tranquillina
Obverse design confronted busts of Gordian III, laureate, draped and cuirassed, right, and of Tranquillina, diademed and draped, left
Reverse inscription ΤΑΒΑΛΕΩΝ ΕΡΜΟϹ
Edition Ταβαλέων Ἕρμος
Translation of the Tabaleans, Hermos
Reverse design river god Hermos sitting left, holding reed and resting on water urn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 11.87 g
Axis 6, 12
Specimens 6 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–6: same pair of dies.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18278262, 1845/5010
2 2     B: 18278263, Rauch
3 3     ✸ Milan: 7315
4 4     P: 1385
5 5     L. Reggiani, ‘Tre note numismatiche’, RIN 91 (1989), pp. 45–54, no. 51
6 6     Finarte Casa D'Aste 995, 26 Nov. 1996, lot 1192 (C. Fontana coll.) = Leu AG / M&M AG, Oct. 1966, lot 630 (Niggeler) = Münzhandlung Basel I, 1934, lot 2003