RPC VII.2, 1447

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1447
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 temple with four columns enclosing statue of Sarapis standing left, raising arm, holding sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 12.89 g
Axis 1, 7
Reference AMNG 1191
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18276289, Löbb. AMNG 1191/1
2 2     ✸ O
3 3     C. Rhodes coll.
4 4     Cast in BBAW
5 5     Pfeiffer 728
6 6     Pfeiffer 728, 20