RPC VII.2, 1147

 

Image of specimen #11

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1147
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 ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΛΙΝΑ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Αὔγ(ουστος) Σαβ(ινία) 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 Demeter standing left, holding ears of corn and long torch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 12.47 g
Axis 1, 7
Reference AMNG 653; Tachev, Anchialos 119–30
Specimens 22 (1 in the core collections)
Note On the obv., sometimes, with ligatures, ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ ϹΑΒ ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΛΙΝΑ; on the rev., sometimes, ΟΥΛΠΙΑΝΩΝ without ligature, or letter form ΑΓΧΙΑΛΕWΝ.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1972.842 Tachev, Anchialos p. 670, pl. 150, no. 121
2 2     Amsterdam: 1975-0252
3 3     BBAW: 130 Münzzentrum Rheinland 156, 1 Sept. 2010, lot 270 = Tachev, Anchialos p. 668, pl. 149, no. 119
4 4     BBAW: 128 Tachev, Anchialos p. 670, pl. 150, no. 124
5 5     Bern: N/82.253 SNG Righetti 253
6 6     Varna: I 2356 Tachev, Anchialos p. 670, pl. 150, no. 126
7 7     AMNG 653/3 = cast in BBAW
8 8     C. Rhodes coll.
9 9     Fischer 161, 16 Mar. 2018, lot 106 = Tachev, Anchialos p. 670, pl. 150, no. 122
10 10     Münzzentrum Rheinland 145, 3 Sept. 2008, lot 699
11 11     ✸ Naumann 78, 2 June 2019, lot 455
12 12     Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 37, 1 Nov. 2015, lot 388 = Tachev, Anchialos p. 670, pl. 150, no. 123
13 13     Savoca 113 Silver, 19 Sept. 2021, lot 224
14 14     Savoca 14, 23 Apr. 2017, lot 295 = Savoca 13, 12 Mar. 2017, lot 346
15 15     Solidus Monthly 29, 12 May 2018, lot 129
16 16     Tachev, Anchialos p. 668, pl. 149, no. 120
17 17     Tachev, Anchialos p. 670, pl. 150, no. 125
18 18     Tachev, Anchialos p. 670, pl. 150, no. 127
19 19     Tachev, Anchialos p. 670, pl. 150, no. 128
20 20     Tachev, Anchialos p. 670, pl. 150, no. 129
21 21     Tachev, Anchialos p. 670, pl. 150, no. 130
22 22     Tachev, Anchialos p. 672, pl. 151, no. 142