RPC VII.2, 1184

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1184
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 ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΛΙΝΑ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Αὔγ(ουστος) Σαβ(ινία) Τρανκυλλίνα
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus, 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
Edition Οὐλπιανῶν Ἀγχιαλέων
Translation of the Ulpian Anchialians
Reverse design temple with four columns enclosing Apollo standing right, holding lyre over tripod
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 12.70 g
Reference AMNG —; Tachev, Anchialos 633
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)
Note On the obv., sometimes, ϹΑΒ without ligature and, on the rev., ΑΓΧΙΑΛΕΩΝ without ligature.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Gorny & Mosch 113, 18 Oct. 2001, lot 5402
2 2     ✸ Rauch 105, 16 Nov. 2017, lot 129 = Tkalec, 28 Feb. 2013, lot 113 = Tkalec, 27 Oct. 2011, lot 254
3 3     Trade (Ritter, eBay, 2016) = Tachev, Anchialos, p. 738, pl. 184, no. 633