RPC VII.2, 1174

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1174
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 Nemesis standing left, holding scales and cubit rule; at feet, wheel
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 10.73 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference AMNG 667; Tachev, Anchialos 537–8
Specimens 6 (1 in the core collections)
Note On the obv., sometimes, ϹƐΓ (in error for ϹƐΒ); on the rev., sometimes letter form ΩΝ.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: 18246384, Löbb. AMNG 667/1 = Tachev, Anchialos p. 724, pl. 177, no. 537
2 2     Kavarna: 26 Tachev, Anchialos p. 724, pl. 177, no. 538
3 3     Milan: M.997.16.1 R. Martini, 'Monete di Anchialus, Odessus e Pautalia nelle Civiche Raccolte di Milano', in Festschrift Schönert-Geiss, pp. 449–66, no. I.10
4 4     C. Rhodes coll.
5 5     CNG EA 272, 25 Jan. 2012, lot 221
6 6     SNG Evelpidis 902