RPC VII.2, 1180

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1180
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(ΕΙΝ) ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΛΙΝΑ
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 standing facing, head left, raising right arm, holding sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 6, 7
Reference AMNG 651; Tachev, Anchialos 592–601
Specimens 17 (2 in the core collections)
Note On the rev., sometimes, ΟΥΛΠΙΑΝΩΝ ΑΓΧΙΑΛΕΩΝ.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Cop AMNG 651/6 = SNG 445
2 2     V: GR 8419
3 3     CNG EA 381, 24 Aug. 2016, lot 293 = CNG EA 372, 6 Apr. 2016, lot 254 = Tachev, Anchialos p. 732, pl. 181, no. 594
4 4     ✸ Emporium Hamburg 78, 25 Apr. 2017, lot 330 = Emporium Hamburg 72, 13 Nov. 2014, lot 661 = Münzzentrum Rheinland 167, 4 Sept. 2013, lot 204 = Emporium Hamburg 68, 15 Nov. 2012, lot 463 = Tachev, Anchialos p. 732, pl. 181, no. 592
5 5     Gorny & Mosch EA 247, 10 Mar. 2017, lot 4290
6 6     Tachev, Anchialos p. 730, pl. 180, no. 571
7 7     Tachev, Anchialos p. 730, pl. 180, no. 572
8 8     Tachev, Anchialos p. 730, pl. 180, no. 573
9 9     Tachev, Anchialos p. 730, pl. 180, no. 575
10 10     Tachev, Anchialos p. 732, pl. 181, no. 593; C. Rhodes coll.
11 11     Tachev, Anchialos p. 732, pl. 181, no. 595
12 12     Tachev, Anchialos p. 732, pl. 181, no. 596
13 13     Tachev, Anchialos p. 732, pl. 181, no. 597
14 14     Tachev, Anchialos p. 732, pl. 181, no. 598
15 15     Tachev, Anchialos p. 732, pl. 181, no. 599
16 16     Tachev, Anchialos p. 732, pl. 181, no. 600
17 17     Tachev, Anchialos p. 734, pl. 182, no. 601