RPC VII.2, 1227

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1227
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
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκον) Ἀντ(ώνιον) Γορδιανὸς Αὔγ(ουστος) Σεβ(αστὸς) Τρανκυλλίνα
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus Venerable 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
Edition Μεσαμβριανῶν
Translation of the Mesambrians
Reverse design Apollo standing left, holding plectrum and lyre on tripod
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 8.57 g
Reference Karayotov 51
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note The coin is worn but it seems from the same obv. die as https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/48418, therefore with ⳞΕΒ.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Varna: I 2546 Karayotov 51