RPC VII.2, 1228

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1228
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Mesambria
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus) ; Tranquillina (Augusta)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ ϹΑΒΙΝ ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΛΙΝΑ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus (et) 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 ΜΕϹΑΜΒΡΙΑΝΩΝ
Reverse design Apollo standing left, holding plectrum and lyre on tripod
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Axis 6, 7
Reference Karayotov 47–8
External URI(s) https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/1637
Specimens 14 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Cop SNG 663
2 2     ✸ NY: 1944.100.16370
3 3     V: GR 30800
4 4     Varna: I 181 Karayotov 48
5 5     C. Rhodes coll.
6 6     CGT coll.
7 7     Falkensee coll.
8 8     Gorny & Mosch 134, 11 Oct. 2004, lot 1838
9 9     Gorny & Mosch 196, 7 Mar. 2011, lot 2031
10 10     Hirsch 338, 9 May 2018, lot 775 = Hirsch 332, 20 Sept. 2017, lot 2613 = Hirsch 314, 23 Sept. 2015, lot 2961 = Rauch 95, 30 Sept. 2014, lot 214
11 11     Lanz 117, 24 Nov. 2003, lot 1072 = Karayotov 47
12 12     Peus 360, 27 Apr. 1999, lot 595
13 13     Rauch Summer 2007, 11 Sept. 2007, lot 865 = Rauch 11, 12 Sept. 2006, lot 404
14 14     Savoca 15 Blue, 19 Jan. 2019, lot 986