RPC VII.2, 1442

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1442
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 ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛ(Ε)ΙΤΩΝ, Ε
Edition ὑπ(ατείας) Τερτυλλιανοῦ Μαρκιανοπολειτῶν εʹ
Translation during the (pro)consulship of Tertullianus, of the Marcianopolitans, 5
Reverse design Nemesis standing left, holding cubit rule and bridle; at feet, wheel
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 11.82 g
Axis 1, 6, 7, 8, 12
Reference AMNG 1181–3
Specimens 30 (6 in the core collections)
Note On the rev., sometimes, ΜΑΡ instead of ΜΑΡ.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1921,0213.29
2 2     P: L 1259
3 3     P: 682
4 4     B: 18275814, I-B AMNG 1182/2
5 5     B: 18275819, Fox AMNG 1183/1
6 6     V: GR 7972
7 7     BBAW: 80
8 8     Cracow: MNK VII-A-6433 SNG 135
9 9     Sofia: 4723 NAIM 1459
10 10     Sofia: 4206 NAIM 1460
11 11     Sofia: 8406 NAIM 1461
12 12     Antykwariat Dawid Janas 2, 10 Mar. 2018, lot 156
13 13     C. Rhodes coll.
14 14     C. Rhodes coll.
15 15     C. Rhodes coll.
16 16     Cast in BBAW
17 17     Cast in BBAW
18 18     Cast in BBAW (Hirsch 1930, 170)
19 19     cgb.fr MBS 41, 26 Nov. 2009, lot 687
20 20     CGT coll.
21 21     CNG EA 356, 29 July 2015, lot 298
22 22     CNG EA 374, 11 May 2016, lot 358 = Numismatik Naumann 39, 3 Jan. 2016, lot 461
23 23     Grün 64, 20 Nov. 2014, lot 1866 = Rauch 83, 14 Nov. 2008, lot 350
24 24     Pfeiffer 720
25 25     Pfeiffer 721
26 26     Pfeiffer 722
27 27     Roma Numismatics EA 18, 27 June 2015, lot 694
28 28     Roma Numismatics EA 44, 3 Mar. 2018, lot 473
29 29     Savoca Blue 5, 24 Feb. 2018, lot 721
30 30     Solidus Summer 32, 28 July 2018, lot 132