RPC VII.2, 1182

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1182
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
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus (et) 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 temple with four columns enclosing Apollo standing left, holding patera and branch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Reference AMNG —; Tachev, Anchialos 620–1
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
Note On the obv., sometimes, ϹƐΓ (in error for ϹƐΒ).

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Naville Numismatics 15, 7 June 2015, lot 146 = Tachev, Anchialos p. 736, pl. 183, no. 621
2 2     ✸ Rauch 95, 30 Sept. 2014, lot 218 = Tachev, Anchialos p. 736, pl. 183, no. 620