RPC VII.2, 1234

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1234
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 Demeter standing left, holding ears of corn and sceptre entwined by serpent
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 12.03 g
Axis 6, 7, 8
Reference Karayotov —
Specimens 11 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18249763, 1887/171
2 2     ✸ B: 18249762, Fox
3 3     Mu
4 4     C. Rhodes coll.
5 5     C. Rhodes coll.
6 6     C. Rhodes coll.
7 7     CGT coll.
8 8     CGT coll.
9 9     Gorny & Mosch 115, 5 Mar. 2002, lot 1300
10 10     Grün 64, 20 Nov. 2014, lot 1797
11 11     Naumann 43, 1 May 2016, lot 545 = Fischer 161, 16 March 2018, lot 126 = Fischer 159, 17 Nov. 2017, lot 250 = Fischer 158, 15 Sept. 2017, lot 694