RPC VII.2, 1591

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1591
Province Moesia Inferior
Region Moesia
City Odessus
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus) ; Tranquillina (Augusta)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ ϹΕ ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΛΕΙΝ(Α)
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, cuirassed, right, seen from rear, and Tranquillina, diademed and draped, left
Reverse inscription ΟΔΗϹϹΕΙΤΩΝ, Ε
Edition Ὀδησσείτων εʹ
Translation of the Odessians, 5
Reverse design Demeter standing left, holding ears of corn and long torch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 11.60 g
Axis 1, 2, 6, 7, 12
Reference AMNG 2380–1
Specimens 11 (7 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1898,1005.47
2 2     B: 18276203 AMNG 2380/1
3 3     ✸ C: Leake AMNG 2381/1
4 4     Mu
5 5     NY: 1944.100.15395
6 6     V: GR 8207 AMNG 2381/2
7 7     V: GR 8206 AMNG 2381/3
8 8     A. Rusev coll. = V. Bekov, ‘Roman provincial coins of Odessos from the collection of Aleksandar Rusev (1st century BC – 3rd century AD)’, Journal of Historical and Archaeological Research 1-2 (2016), pp. 175–95, no. 19
9 9     CGT coll.
10 10     Hirsch 171, 25 Sept. 1991, lot 1159
11 11     Künker 20, 30 Sept. 1991, lot 808