RPC VII.2, 1603

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1603
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)
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus (et) Sabinia 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
Reverse design Sarapis standing left, raising arm and holding sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 12
Reference AMNG 2376–7
Specimens 18 (3 in the core collections)
Note On the rev., sometimes, the form ΟΔΗⳞⳞΕΙΤΩΝ occurs.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18276195, 1863/28646 AMNG 2376/1, pl. XIII, 23, rev.
2 2     Cop SNG 684 = AMNG 2376/2
3 3     ✸ O
4 4     Amsterdam: GR-02049
5 5     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. 22
6 6     C. Rhodes coll.
7 7     C. Rhodes coll.
8 8     CGT coll.
9 9     CGT coll.
10 10     CNG EA 231, 14 Apr. 2010, lot 131
11 11     Falkensee coll.
12 12     Falkensee coll. = CNG EA 356, 29 July 2015, lot 301
13 13     Gorny & Mosch EA 247, 10 Mar. 2017, lot 4261
14 14     Naville Numismatics 20, 7 Feb. 2016, lot 204
15 15     Naville Numismatics 22, 1 May 2016, lot 164
16 16     Private coll.
17 17     Rauch EA 10, 15 July 2011, lot 440 = Rauch Summer 2008, 15 Sept. 2008, lot 902
18 18     SNG Stancomb 855 = Roma EA 66, 9 Jan. 2020, lot 24