RPC VII.2, 1692

 

Image of specimen #11

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1692
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
Edition Μητρο(πόλεως) Πόντου Τόμεως δ𐅵ʹ
Translation of the Metropolis of Pontus, Tomis, 4.5
Reverse design Hera standing left, holding patera and sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 13.13 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference AMNG 3517–18
Specimens 27 (5 in the core collections)
Note On the obv., sometimes, letter form ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟⳞ.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1021
2 2     B: 18278755, Fox AMNG 3517/2
3 3     B: 18278777, I-B AMNG 3518/1
4 4     C: 233-2005
5 5     NY: 1944.100.15414
6 6     BBAW: 89 CNG EA 276, 21 Mar. 2012, lot 265
7 7     C. Rhodes coll.
8 8     C. Rhodes coll.
9 9     CGT coll.
10 10     CGT coll.
11 11     ✸ Felzmann 165, 5 Mar. 2019, lot 279
12 12     Gorny & Mosch 152, 10 Oct. 2006, lot 1645
13 13     Gorny & Mosch EA 251, 15 Oct. 2017, lot 4627 = Gorny & Mosch241, 10 Oct. 2016, lot 1762
14 14     Inasta 9, 7 Nov. 2004, lot 2018
15 15     Künker 83, 17 June 2003, lot 1182
16 16     Naumann 102, 2 May 2021, lot 395
17 17     Naumann 81, 1 Sept. 2019, lot 239
18 18     Naumann 89, 3 May 2020, lot 222
19 19     Naumann 93, 6 Sept. 2020, lot 248 = Naumann 88, 5 April 2020, lot 365 = Naumann 82, 6 Oct. 2019, lot 205
20 20     Naville Numismatics 21, 20 Mar. 2016, lot 224
21 21     Rauch Summer 2008, 15 Sept. 2008, lot 891
22 22     Savoca 13, 12 Mar. 2017, lot 340
23 23     Savoca 14, 23 Apr. 2017, lot 305
24 24     Schulten, 20 Oct. 1987, lot 774
25 25     Solidus 46, 22 Sept. 2019, lot 210
26 26     Solidus 79, 11 May 2021, lot 175
27 27     VAuctions 252, 16 Sept. 2010, lot 36