RPC VII.2, 1690

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1690
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<
Edition Μητρο(πόλεως) Πόντου Τόμεως δʹ
Translation of the metropolis of Pontus, Tomis, 4
Reverse design Demeter standing left, holding ears of corn and long torch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 11.88 g
Axis 2, 6, 12
Reference AMNG 3519
Specimens 7 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1974.226.17
2 2     ✸ C. Rhodes coll.
3 3     cgb.fr MBS 41, 26 Nov. 2009, lot 689
4 4     CGT coll.
5 5     Gabinet Numizmatyczny D. Marciniak 7, 9 Feb. 2019, lot 2133
6 6     Gorny & Mosch 170, 13 Oct. 2008, lot 1679
7 7     Schulten, 19 Mar. 1986, lot 559