RPC VII.2, 1240

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1240
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 Homonoia seated left, holding patera and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Axis 6, 7
Reference Karayotov 116–17
External URI(s) https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/427
Specimens 9 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 866
2 2     V: GR 38332
3 3     C. Rhodes coll.
4 4     CGT coll.
5 5     D. Dechev coll., Burgas = Karayotov 117
6 6     M. Minchev coll., Burgas = Karayotov 116
7 7     Naumann 87, 1 Mar. 2020, lot 271
8 8     Schulten, 22 Oct. 1985, lot 627
9 9     Solidus 73, 23 Feb. 2021, lot 122 = Solidus 53, 16 Feb. 2020, lot 253 = Solidus 43, 23 June 2019, lot 138