RPC VII.2, 1593

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1593
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 ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΛ(Ε)ΙΝ(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 Hera standing left, holding branch and sceptre; at feet, peacock
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 11.94 g
Axis 7, 8, 12
Reference AMNG 2379
Specimens 11 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1840,0217.143 BMC 22 = AMNG 2379/3
2 2     P: 1966.453
3 3     B: 18276200, Löbb. AMNG 2379/2, pl. XIV, 6, rev.
4 4     ✸ V: GR 37438
5 5     B. Michaux coll.
6 6     C. Rhodes coll.
7 7     C. Rhodes coll.
8 8     C. Rhodes coll.
9 9     CNG EA 340, 3 Dec. 2014, lot 253
10 10     Emporium 47, 25 May 2002, lot 529
11 11     Falkensee coll.