RPC VII.2, 1151

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1151
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 Demeter standing right, holding long torch and ears of corn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 11.43 g
Axis 7
Reference AMNG —; Tachev, Anchialos 144–6
Specimens 5 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     BBAW: 131 Tachev, Anchialos p. 672, pl. 151, no. 146
2 2     ✸ C. Rhodes coll.
3 3     Münzzentrum Rheinland 145, 3 Sept. 2008, lot 698
4 4     Tachev, Anchialos p. 672, pl. 151, no. 144
5 5     Tachev, Anchialos p. 672, pl. 151, no. 145