RPC VII.2, 1446

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1446
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 ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΛΕΙΝΑ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Αὔγ(ουστος) Σε(βαστὸς) 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 Sarapis standing left, raising arm, holding sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 12.51 g
Axis 6, 7, 12
Reference AMNG 1173–4
Specimens 19 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: 18275180, 1915/118
2 2     V: GR 37323
3 3     Budapest: 2A.1910.776 SNG 269
4 4     Sofia: 2956 NAIM 1463
5 5     Sofia: 14 NAIM 1464
6 6     C. Rhodes coll.
7 7     C. Rhodes coll.
8 8     C. Rhodes coll.
9 9     C. Rhodes coll.
10 10     Cast in BBAW
11 11     Cast in BBAW
12 12     CGT coll.
13 13     CGT coll.
14 14     CGT coll.
15 15     Gorny & Mosch EA 247, 10 Mar. 2017, lot 4194
16 16     Münzzentrum 101, 15 Dec. 1999, lot 211
17 17     Pfeiffer 713, 10
18 18     Pfeiffer 713, 11
19 19     Pfeiffer 714