RPC VII.2, 1686

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1686
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
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 ΜΗΤΡΟ ΠΟΝΤΟΥ ΤΟΜΕΩϹ, Δ<
Reverse design Athena seated left, holding patera and spear; shield leaning against throne
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 1, 7
Reference AMNG —
Specimens 9 (0 in the core collections)
Note On the rev., sometimes, lunate sigma (ΤΟΜΕΩϹ).

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     C. Rhodes coll.
2 2     CNG EA 356, 29 July 2015, lot 303 = Schulten, 1 Apr. 1987, lot 970
3 3     CNG EA 357, 12 Aug. 2015, lot 229 = Lanz 52, 14 May 1990, lot 624
4 4     iNumis MBS 9, 23 Oct. 2009, lot 270
5 5     Münzzentrum Rheinland 184, 16 May 2018, lot 302
6 6     Naville Numismatics 24, 17 July 2016, lot 229
7 7     ✸ Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 35, 6 Sept. 2015, lot 359
8 8     Savoca 27 Blue, 28 Dec. 2019, lot 642
9 9     SNG Evelpidis 878