RPC VII.2, 1193

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1193
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 ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΛ(Ε)ΙΝΑ
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 Zeus seated left, holding patera and sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Axis 1, 2, 7
Reference AMNG 647; Tachev, Anchialos 20–1
External URI(s) https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/4784
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)
Note On the obv., sometimes, ϹƐΓ (in error for ϹƐΒ) and no ligature at ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΛΙΝΑ; on the rev., sometimes, letter form Ω: ΟΥΛΠΙΑΝΩΝ ΑΓΧΙΑΛΕΩΝ.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: 18246358, Löbb. AMNG 647/1, pl. VIII, 16 = Tachev, Anchialos p. 656, pl. 143, no. 20
2 2     Leeds-UL: 1458
3 3     C. Rhodes coll.
4 4     C. Rhodes coll.
5 5     Tachev, Anchialos p. 656, pl. 143, no. 21