RPC VII.2, 1238

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1238
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
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus (et) 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 Dionysus standing left, holding cantharus and thyrsus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Axis 1, 6
Reference Karayotov —; Jekov, Mesambria 7.38.8.1
External URI(s) https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/1647
Specimens 5 (0 in the core collections)
Note On the rev., sometimes, non lunate epsilon: ΜΕϹΑΜΒΡΙΑΝΩΝ.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     C. Rhodes coll.
2 2     C. Rhodes coll.
3 3     ✸ CNG EA 370, 9 Mar. 2016, lot 268
4 4     Falkensee coll.
5 5     Nomos Obolos WA 16, 11 Oct. 2020, lot 483