RPC VII.2, 1437

 

Image of specimen #20

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1437
Province Moesia Inferior
Region Moesia
City Marcianopolis
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus) ; Tranquillina (Augusta)
Magistrate Prosius Tertullianus (legatus Augusti pro praetore)
Dating AD 241–4
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ ϹΕ(Β) ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΛΕΙΝΑ
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, left
Reverse inscription ΥΠ ΤΕΡΤΥΛΛΙΑΝΟΥ ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩ(Ν), Ε
Reverse design Athena standing left, holding shield resting on ground and spear
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Axis 1, 2, 6, 7, 12
Reference AMNG 1176–7
Specimens 46 (9 in the core collections)
Note On the rev., sometimes, ΝΩ for ΩΝ.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1921,0213.28
2 2     P: 683/RF 2143
3 3     B: 18275790, 1903/803
4 4     B: 18275788, Löbb. AMNG 1176/1
5 5     NY: 1944.100.15316
6 6     NY: 1997.32.228
7 7     NY: 1944.100.84244
8 8     O: Milne
9 9     V: GR 7977
10 10     Ankara: 39-18/18-93 Sammlungen Türkei 39
11 11     BBAW: 78 Naumann 47, 9 Oct. 2016, lot 228
12 12     Budapest SNG 270
13 13     Freiburg: 11443
14 14     Sofia: 577 NAIM 1451
15 15     Sofia: 8677 NAIM 1452
16 16     Sofia: 2124 NAIM 1453
17 17     Sofia: 2955 NAIM 1454
18 18     Sofia: 9141 NAIM 1455
19 19     Bertolami EA 31, 5 Oct. 2015, lot 538 = Lanz 123, 30 May 2005, lot 760
20 20     ✸ C. Rhodes coll.
21 21     Cast in BBAW
22 22     Cast in BBAW
23 23     Cast in BBAW
24 24     Cast in BBAW (Bucarest)
25 25     CGT coll.
26 26     CGT coll.
27 27     CGT coll.
28 28     CGT coll.
29 29     CGT coll.
30 30     CGT coll.
31 31     CNG EA 163, 25 Apr. 2007, lot 136
32 32     CNG EA 165, 30 May 2007, lot 126
33 33     CNG EA 176, 14 Nov. 2007, lot 202
34 34     CNG EA 367, 27 Jan. 2016, lot 327
35 35     Gorny & Mosch 126, 14 Oct. 2003, lot 1625 = Lanz 114, 26 May 2003, lot 608
36 36     Gorny & Mosch EA 251, 15 Oct. 2017, lot 4623 = Gorny & Mosch 241, 10 Oct. 2016, lot 1745
37 37     Hirsch 284, 26 Sept. 2012, lot 2988
38 38     Marciniak 7, 9 Feb. 2019, lot 2134 = Marciniak 6, 6 Oct. 2018, lot 3232
39 39     Münzzentrum Rheinland 184, 16 May 2018, lot 278
40 40     Naville Numismatics 42, 22 July 2018, lot 109
41 41     Pfeiffer 715
42 42     Pfeiffer 716
43 43     Pfeiffer 717
44 44     Rauch EA 16, 13 Dec. 2014, lot 5128
45 45     Savoca EA 31 Silver, 10 Mar. 2019, lot 246
46 46     VAuctions 252, 16 Sept. 2010, lot 31