RPC VII.2, 1680

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1680
Province Moesia Inferior
Region Moesia
City Tomis
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 ΜΗΤΡΟ ΠΟΝΤΟΥ ΤΟΜΕΩϹ, Δ𐅵 Δ𐅵
Edition Μητρο(πόλεως) Πόντου Τόμεως δ𐅵ʹ δ𐅵ʹ
Translation of the Metropolis of Pontus, Tomis, 4.5 (4.5)
Reverse design Artemis advancing right, drawing arrow from quiver, holding bow; at feet, dog
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 11.85 g
Axis 6, 7, 12
Reference AMNG 3520–1
Specimens 14 (3 in the core collections)
Note According to AMNG 3521, sometimes with Δ? only once on the rev.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1920,0805.27
2 2     P: 1018 AMNG 3520/3
3 3     ✸ C: 1723-2015
4 4     BBAW: 90 Peus 403, 27 Apr. 2011, lot 310
5 5     C. Rhodes coll.
6 6     C. Rhodes coll.
7 7     Cast in BBAW
8 8     CGT coll.
9 9     CNG EA 320, 12 Feb. 2014, lot 260
10 10     CNG EA 439, 6 Mar. 2019, lot 277 = Peus 360, 27 Apr. 1999, lot 580
11 11     Elsen 108, 12 Mar. 2011, lot 501
12 12     Künker 21, 16 Mar. 1992, lot 884
13 13     Naumann 102, 2 May 2021, lot 397
14 14     Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 31, 3 May 2015, lot 303