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
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus (et) Sabinia 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
Reverse design Apollo standing left, holding plectrum and lyre on tripod
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Axis 7, 12
Reference Karayotov —
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number 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.