RPC VII.2, 1592

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1592
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 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, 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 Hera standing left, holding patera over altar and sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 12.33 g
Axis 1, 2, 12
Reference AMNG 2378
Specimens 8 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: L 2118
2 2     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. 20
3 3     Baldwin’s 90, 24 Sept. 2014, lot 1395 = Spink Numismatic Circular, Dec. 2002, RM1190
4 4     CGT coll.
5 5     Gorny & Mosch 196, 7 Mar. 2011, lot 2005
6 6     ✸ Münzzentrum Rheinland 184, 16 May 2018, lot 293 = Münzzentrum Rheinland 116, 17 May 2003, lot 289
7 7     Schulten, 21 Oct. 1986, lot 768
8 8     VAuctions 323, 17 Mar. 2017, lot 330