RPC VII.2, 1439

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1439
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
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Αὔγ(ουστος) Σεβ(αστὸς) Τρανκυλλεῖνα
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus (Augustus) 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 ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ, Ε
Edition ὑπ(ατείας) Τερτυλλιανοῦ Μαρκιανοπολιτῶν εʹ
Translation during the (pro)consulship of Tertullianus, of the Marcianopolitans, 5
Reverse design Homonoia standing left, holding patera over altar and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 12.57 g
Axis 1, 2, 12
Reference AMNG 1187–8
Specimens 20 (5 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1921,0520.11 Weber 2652
2 2     P: L 1261
3 3     ✸ C: 571-2005
4 4     G SNG 1006
5 5     Mu SNG 377 = AMNG 1187/2
6 6     Ankara: 123-60/34-91 Sammlungen Türkei 40
7 7     BBAW: 81
8 8     Budapest SNG 272
9 9     Sofia: 8080 NAIM 1458
10 10     C. Rhodes coll.
11 11     C. Rhodes coll.
12 12     C. Rhodes coll.
13 13     CGT coll.
14 14     CGT coll.
15 15     Emporium Hamburg 78, 25 Apr. 2017, lot 329
16 16     Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 38, 6 Dec. 2015, lot 369
17 17     Pfeiffer 726, 10
18 18     Pfeiffer 726, 11
19 19     Rauch 71, 28 Apr. 2003, lot 257
20 20     Rauch MBS 9, 23 Sept. 2005, lot 321