RPC VII.1, 293

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 293
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Smyrna
Region Aeolis
City Myrina
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus) ; Tranquillina (Augusta)
Magistrate Quintus Furius Apollophanes (strategos)
Obverse inscription Α Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ Κ ΦΟΥ ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΛΕΙΝΑ Ϲ
Edition Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς κ(αὶ) Φου(ρία) Τρανκυλλεῖνα Σ(εβαστή)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus and Furia Tranquillina Augusta
Obverse design confronted busts of Gordian III, laureate, draped and cuirassed, right, and of Tranquillina, diademed and draped, left
Reverse inscription ΕΠ ϹΤ ΚΟ ΦΟΥΡΙΟΥ ΑΠΟΛΟΦΑΝΟΥ ΜΥΡΕΙΝΑΙΩΝ
Edition ἐπ(ὶ) στ(ρατηγοῦ) Κο(ΐντου) Φουρίου Ἀπολοφάνου Μυρειναίων
Translation under strategos Quintus Furius Apollophanes of the Myrinians
Reverse design temple with six columns enclosing statue of Apollo holding patera and laurel branch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 40 mm
Average weight 25.74 g
Axis 5, 6
Specimens 4 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–4: same pair of dies.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Mu SNG 596
2 2     L: 1893,0603.35 BMC 45
3 3     V-ON SNG Leypold I, 535
4 4     ✸ P: 396A Wa 7044