RPC VII.2, 1178

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1178
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 ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΛΕΙΝΑ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus (et) 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
Reverse design Sarapis seated left, extending arm over Cerberus, and holding sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Axis 1
Reference AMNG —; Tachev, Anchialos 115–18
Specimens 6 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     C. Rhodes coll.
2 2     CNG EA 163, 25 Apr. 2007, lot 148 = Tachev, Anchialos p. 668, pl. 149, no. 118
3 3     Lanz 146, 25 May 2009, lot 569 = Tachev, Anchialos p. 668, pl. 149, no. 115
4 4     ✸ Naumann 82, 6 Oct. 2019, lot 208
5 5     Pecunem Solidus 22, 21 Sept. 2014, lot 114 = Münzzentrum Rheinland 184, 16 May 2018, lot 163 = Fischer 168, 17 May 2019, lot 215 = Tachev, Anchialos p. 668, pl. 149, no. 116
6 6     Roma Numismatics 4, 30 Sept. 2012, lot 2477 =Tachev, Anchialos p. 668, pl. 149, no. 117