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VII.2, 1238
Image of specimen #3
Coin type
URI
https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/7.2/1238
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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 ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟ
Ϲ
ΑΥΓ
Ϲ
ΕΒ 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
Μ
Ε
ϹΑΜΒΡΙΑΝ
ΩΝ
Edition
Μεσαμβριανῶν
Translation
of the Mesambrians
Reverse design
Dionysus standing left, holding cantharus and thyrsus
Metal
copper-based alloy
Average diameter
26 mm
Average weight
10.73 g
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: ΜΕϹΑΜΒΡΙΑΝ
ΩΝ
.
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Number
Obverse
Reverse
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Axis
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1
C. Rhodes coll.
24.9
12.01
1
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2
C. Rhodes coll.
25.8
9.36
1
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3
3
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CNG EA 370, 9 Mar. 2016, lot 268
25
10.51
1
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4
4
Falkensee coll.
26.1
11.14
1
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5
5
Nomos Obolos WA 16, 11 Oct. 2020, lot 483
28
10.65
6
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