RPC VII.2, 1145

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1145
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Anchialus
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus) ; Tranquillina (Augusta)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ ϹΑΒ(ΕΙΝ) ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΛΙΝΑ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Αὔγ(ουστος) Σαβειν(ία) Τρανκυλλίνα
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus, Sabinia Tranquillina
Obverse design confronted busts of Gordian III, laureate, draped and cuirassed, right, seen from rear, and Tranquillina, diademed and draped bust, left
Reverse inscription ΟΥΛΠΙΑΝΩΝ ΑΓΧΙΑΛΕΩΝ
Edition Οὐλπιανῶν Ἀγχιαλέων
Translation of the Ulpian Anchialians
Reverse design city gate, flanked by two towers with conical roofs; above, either gallery of three arches or gallery surmounted by five merlons
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 11.58 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference AMNG 681; Tachev, Anchialos 657–67
Specimens 19 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1921,0520.12 AMNG 681/11
2 2     Cop AMNG 681/7 = SNG 450
3 3     BBAW: 153 Tachev, Anchialos p. 740, pl. 185, no. 660
4 4     C. Rhodes coll.
5 5     C. Rhodes coll.
6 6     C. Rhodes coll.
7 7     CNG EA 170, 8 Aug. 2007, lot 160
8 8     CNG EA 369, 24 Feb. 2016, lot 367 = Rauch 95, 30 Sept. 2014, lot 219 = Tachev, Anchialos p. 740, pl. 185, no. 664
9 9     Emporium Hamburg 89, 22 Apr. 2020, lot 463 = M&M GmbH 46, 15 Feb. 2018, lot 381 = Gorny & Mosch 241, 10 Oct. 2016, lot 1776 = Tachev, Anchialos p. 740, pl. 185, no. 667
10 10     Lanz 66, 1993, lot 787
11 11     Naumann 51, 5 Mar. 2017, lot 257 = Tachev, Anchialos p. 740, pl. 185, no. 666
12 12     Naumann 80, 4 Aug. 2019, lot 281
13 13     Tachev, Anchialos p. 738, pl. 184, no. 657
14 14     Tachev, Anchialos p. 738, pl. 184, no. 658
15 15     Tachev, Anchialos p. 738, pl. 184, no. 659
16 16     Tachev, Anchialos p. 738, pl. 184, no. 660
17 17     Tachev, Anchialos p. 740, pl. 185, no. 661
18 18     Tachev, Anchialos p. 742, pl. 186, no. 665
19 19     VAuctions 266, 7 July 2011, lot 110 = Tachev, Anchialos p. 742, pl. 186, no. 663