RPC VII.2, 1226

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1226
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 plectrum and lyre on column
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Axis 1, 2, 6, 7, 12
Reference Karayotov 35–46
External URI(s) https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/235
Specimens 50 (8 in the core collections)
Note On the obv., sometimes, no ligature at ΑΥΓ; on the rev., the legend is sometimes with lunate sigmas (ΜΕϹΑΜΒΡΙΑΝΩΝ ΜƐϹΑΜΒΡΙΑΝΩΝ), and sometimes with W for Ω in a ligature (ΜƐϹΑΜΒΡΙΑΝWΝ).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1838,0419.36 BMC 15
2 2     P: 869A
3 3     B: 18249759, 1903/830
4 4     B: 18249757, Löbb.
5 5     B: 18249758, Löbb.
6 6     ✸ C SNG 1559
7 7     Mu
8 8     V: GR 38331
9 9     Amsterdam: 1977-0493
10 10     Ankara: 123-60/54-91 Sammlungen Türkei 81
11 11     Bucharest-IA Ruzicka, Mesembria inedita 2
12 12     Dobrich: I 2153 Karayotov 42
13 13     Nesebar: 955 Karayotov 37
14 14     Nesebar: 1073 Karayotov 45
15 15     Varna: I 1172 Karayotov 35
16 16     Varna: I 180 Karayotov 36
17 17     Varna: I 189 Karayotov 41
18 18     Varna: I 3557 Karayotov 43
19 19     C. Rhodes coll.
20 20     C. Rhodes coll.
21 21     C. Rhodes coll.
22 22     C. Rhodes coll.
23 23     CGT coll.
24 24     CGT coll.
25 25     CGT coll.
26 26     CGT coll.
27 27     CNG EA 353, 17 June 2015, lot 276
28 28     CNG EA 63, 23 Apr. 2003, lot 41
29 29     Falkensee coll.
30 30     Fischer 158, 15 Sept. 2017, lot 674
31 31     Gorny & Mosch 269, 9 Mar. 2020, lot 754
32 32     Lanz 120, 18 May 2004, lot 475
33 33     Lanz 121, 22 Nov. 2004, lot 542
34 34     Macho & Chlapovič 2, 28 Apr. 2012, lot 109
35 35     Naumann 52, 2 Apr. 2017, lot 242
36 36     Naumann 87, 1 Mar. 2020, lot 269
37 37     Naumann 93, 6 Sept. 2020, lot 268
38 38     Naumann 94, 4 Oct. 2020, lot 276
39 39     Naumann 96, 1 Nov. 2020, lot 299
40 40     Peus 403, 27 Apr. 2011, lot 525
41 41     Rauch 84, 13 May 2009, lot 749
42 42     Roma Numismatics EA 81, 25 Feb. 2021, lot 859
43 43     Savoca 22 Blue, 27 July 2019, lot 940
44 44     Savoca 30 Blue, 21 Mar. 2020, lot 1093
45 45     Savoca 41 Silver, 23 Feb. 2020, lot 206
46 46     Savoca 98 Blue, 27 Mar. 2021, lot 607
47 47     SNG Evelpidis 979
48 48     Solidus Premium 26, 17 Feb. 2018, lot 100
49 49     T. Stoyanov coll., Burgas = Karayotov 46
50 50     Trade (Pegasi, vCoins, 2013)