RPC VII.2, 1595

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1595
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 Hygieia standing right, feeding serpent from patera
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 11.62 g
Axis 6, 7, 12
Reference AMNG 2390
Specimens 14 (2 in the core collections)
Note On the rev., sometimes, the form ΟΔΗⳞⳞƐΙΤΩΝ occurs.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1972.850
2 2     NY: 1997.32.121
3 3     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. 21
4 4     C. Rhodes coll.
5 5     C. Rhodes coll.
6 6     CGT coll.
7 7     CGT coll.
8 8     ✸ Emporium Hamburg Alpha 2, 13 Jan. 2019, lot 350
9 9     Falkensee coll. = Solidus 28, 14 April 2018, lot 2174
10 10     Hirsch 11, 10 Dec. 1956, lot 682
11 11     Lanz 58, 21 Nov. 1991, lot 816
12 12     M&M GmbH 15, 21 Oct. 2004, lot 55
13 13     Mozelt FPL 49, 1989, lot 228
14 14     Münzzentrum Rheinland 145, 3 Sept. 2008, lot 869