RPC VII.2, 1146

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1146
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Anchialus
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus) ; Tranquillina (Augusta)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ ϹΕΒ ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΛΙΝΑ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκον) Ἀντ(ώνιον) Γορδιανὸς Αὔγ(ουστος) Σεβ(αστὸς) Τρανκυλλίνα
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus Venerable 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 26 mm
Average weight 11.89 g
Axis 1, 6, 7, 12
Reference AMNG 681; Tachev, Anchialos 642–56, 668–75
External URI(s) https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/4817
Specimens 40 (5 in the core collections)
Note On the obv., sometimes, letter forms ϹƐΒ or ϹƐΓ (in error) and no ligature at ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΛΙΝΑ; on the rev., sometimes, ΟΥΛΠΙΑΝΩΝ ΑΓΧΙΑΛΕΩΝ with or without ligatures.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18246403, Löbb. AMNG 681/2, pl. VIII, no. 27 rev. = Tachev, Anchialos p. 740, pl. 185, no. 646
2 2     Mu
3 3     NY: 1997.32.130
4 4     NY: 1944.100.15541 Tachev, Anchialos p. 738, pl. 184, no. 644
5 5     ✸ V: GR 8430 AMNG 681/12
6 6     BBAW: 154 CNG EA 320, 12 Feb. 2014, lot 262 = Tachev, Anchialos p. 742, pl. 186, no. 668
7 7     Münster: M 2838
8 8     AMNG 681/1 = cast in BBAW
9 9     AMNG 681/5 = cast in BBAW
10 10     C. Rhodes coll.
11 11     C. Rhodes coll. = Nomos obolos 8, 2 Dec. 2017, lot 681 = Solidus EA 12, 17 Feb. 2017, lot 225 = Tachev, Anchialos p. 742, pl. 186, no. 671
12 12     CNG EA 184, 19 Mar. 2008, lot 93
13 13     CNG EA 218, 9 Sept. 2009, lot 340 = CNG EA 179, 2 Jan. 2008, lot 148
14 14     Gorny & Mosch 170, 13 Oct. 2008, lot 1688 = Tachev, Anchialos p. 738, pl. 184, no. 642
15 15     Gorny & Mosch EA 271, 29 May 2020, lot 210
16 16     Inasta 41, 13 Sept. 2011, lot 1150
17 17     Kölner Münzkabinett 106, 11 Mar. 2017, lot 246 = Tachev, Anchialos p. 742, pl. 186, no. 674
18 18     Leu EA 10, 7 Dec. 2019, lot 763 = Gorny & Mosch 245, 7 Mar. 2017, lot 1432
19 19     M&M GmbH 11, 7 Nov. 2002, lot 10 = NFA FPL 28, 1984, lot 140 = Tachev, Anchialos p. 738, pl. 184, no. 643
20 20     Naumann 78, 2 June 2019, lot 456
21 21     Naumann 81, 1 Sept. 2019, lot 248
22 22     Rauch Summer 2013, 18 Sept. 2013, lot 828 = Tachev, Anchialos p. 740, pl. 185, no. 652
23 23     Savoca 108 Silver, 31 July 2021, lot 245
24 24     Savoca EA 39 Silver, 22 Dec. 2019, lot 141
25 25     Savoca EA 41 Silver, 23 Feb. 2020, lot 204
26 26     Solidus 38, 17 Feb. 2019, lot 230
27 27     Tachev, Anchialos p. 740, pl. 185, no. 647
28 28     Tachev, Anchialos p. 740, pl. 185, no. 648
29 29     Tachev, Anchialos p. 740, pl. 185, no. 649
30 30     Tachev, Anchialos p. 740, pl. 185, no. 650
31 31     Tachev, Anchialos p. 740, pl. 185, no. 653
32 32     Tachev, Anchialos p. 740, pl. 185, no. 654
33 33     Tachev, Anchialos p. 740, pl. 185, no. 655
34 34     Tachev, Anchialos p. 740, pl. 185, no. 656
35 35     Tachev, Anchialos p. 742, pl. 186, no. 669
36 36     Tachev, Anchialos p. 742, pl. 186, no. 670
37 37     Tachev, Anchialos p. 742, pl. 186, no. 672
38 38     Tachev, Anchialos p. 742, pl. 186, no. 673
39 39     VAuctions 290, 8 Nov. 2012, lot 349
40 40     VAuctions 322, 13 Dec. 2016, lot 265 = VAuctions 320, 16 Sept. 2016, lot 330 = Tachev, Anchialos p. 742, pl. 186, no. 675