RPC VII.2, 1229

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1229
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 ϹΕ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Αὐγ(ουστος) Σαβιν(ία) Τρανκυλλίνα Σε(βαστή)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antoninus Gordian Augustus Sabina Tranquillina Augusta
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 28 mm
Average weight 12.37 g
Axis 7, 12
Reference Karayotov —
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 2004,0405.223
2 2     P: 865
3 3     B: 18249760, Löbb.
4 4     Naumann 100, 7 Mar. 2021, lot 325
5 5     Stoyanov coll. = Karayotov 47 corr.