RPC VII.2, 1224

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1224
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Mesambria
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 ΜΕϹΑΜΒΡΙΑΝΩΝ
Reverse design Apollo standing left, holding patera and laurel branch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Axis 1, 2
Reference Karayotov 53–9
External URI(s) https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/420
Specimens 15 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18249764, Löbb.
2 2     Bucharest-IA Ruzicka, Mesembria inedita 4
3 3     Jambol: N II 4096 Karayotov 57
4 4     Nesebar: N 956 Karayotov 56
5 5     Shumen: N BX 204(37) V. Haralanov coll. = Karayotov 55
6 6     C. Rhodes coll.
7 7     ✸ Hirsch 306, 12 Feb. 2015, lot 2266
8 8     K. Atanasov coll., Burgas = Karayotov 54
9 9     M. Minchev coll., Burgas = Karayotov 53
10 10     Münzzentrum 85, 27 Mar. 1996, lot 238
11 11     Naumann 93, 6 Sept. 2020, lot 269
12 12     Rauch Summer 2008, 15 Sept. 2008, lot 912
13 13     Roma Numismatics May 2013, 21 May 2013, lot 990
14 14     Savoca EA 42 Silver, 29 Mar. 2020, lot 141 = Savoca 91 Silver, 13 Dec. 2020, lot 386
15 15     Solidus 38, 17 Feb. 2019, lot 235