RPC VII.2, 1685

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1685
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, Δ (Δ𐅵)
Edition μητρο(πόλεως) Πόντου Τόμεως δʹ
Translation of the metropolis of Pontus, Tomis, 4
Reverse design Athena seated left, holding Nike and spear
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 12.50 g
Axis 1, 6, 7, 12
Reference AMNG 3525–6
Specimens 23 (5 in the core collections)
Note On the rev., the form ΤΟΜΕΩϹ without ligature also occurs.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1898,0705.10 AMNG 3526/1
2 2     P: 1023
3 3     ✸ P: L 1196 AMNG 3526/2
4 4     O: Milne
5 5     V: GR 33225
6 6     BBAW: 94 Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 31, 3 May 2015, lot 304
7 7     Leeds-UL: 1452
8 8     C. Rhodes coll.
9 9     C. Rhodes coll.
10 10     C. Rhodes coll.
11 11     CGT coll.
12 12     CNG EA 278, 25 Apr. 2012, lot 184
13 13     CNG EA 340, 3 Dec. 2014, lot 255
14 14     CNG EA 354, 1 July 2015, lot 314 = Schulten, 19 Mar. 1986, lot 558
15 15     Künker 83, 17 June 2003, lot 1186
16 16     Lanz 117, 24 Nov. 2003, lot 1069
17 17     Naumann 84, 1 Dec. 2019, lot 194
18 18     Naumann 87, 1 Mar. 2020, lot 260
19 19     Naumann 96, 1 Nov. 2020, lot 288
20 20     Naumann 98, 3 Jan. 2021, lot 477
21 21     Pecunem Numismatik Naumann 42, 3 Apr. 2016, lot 381
22 22     Rauch MBS 10, 2 Mar. 2006, lot 216 = Rauch 75, 6 May 2005, lot 150
23 23     Savoca 35 Silver, 3 Aug. 2019, lot 253