RPC VII.2, 1449

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1449
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 Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 12.31 g
Axis 1, 6, 7, 8, 12
Reference AMNG 1189–90
Specimens 17 (1 in the core collections)
Note On the rev., sometimes, no ligature.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ V: GR 37325
2 2     Sofia: 4240 NAIM 1465
3 3     Sofia: 3966 NAIM 1466
4 4     Sofia: 4880 NAIM 1467
5 5     Sofia: 4961 NAIM 1468
6 6     C. Rhodes coll.
7 7     CGT coll.
8 8     CNG EA 313, 23 Oct. 2013, lot 147
9 9     CNG EA 58, 12 Feb. 2003, lot 81
10 10     Dorotheum Nov. 2013, 20 Nov. 2013, lot 142
11 11     Emporium Hamburg 66, 17 Nov. 2011, lot 396
12 12     Grün 59, 15 May 2012, lot 143 = Lanz 120, 18 May 2004, lot 472 = Lanz 114, 26 May 2003, lot 609 = Leu 83, 6 May 2002, lot 812
13 13     Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 28, 1 Feb. 2015, lot 223
14 14     Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 29, 1 Mar. 2015, lot 369
15 15     Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 36, 4 Oct. 2015, lot 289
16 16     Pfeiffer 727
17 17     Pfeiffer 727, 10