RPC VII.2, 1697

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1697
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
Edition Μητρο(πόλεως) Πόντου Τόμεως
Translation of the Metropolis of Pontus, of Tomis
Reverse design Hygieia standing right, feeding serpent from patera
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 12.40 g
Axis 6, 7, 12
Reference AMNG 3536
Specimens 15 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1027 AMNG 3536/2
2 2     BBAW: 96 Peus 403, 27 Apr. 2011, lot 311 = Peus 406, 25 Apr. 2012, lot 720 (part of)
3 3     CGT coll.
4 4     CNG EA 303, 29 May 2013, lot 187
5 5     ✸ CNG EA 340, 3 Dec. 2014, lot 256
6 6     CNG EA 350, 6 May 2015, lot 322
7 7     Inasta 35, 1 July 2010, lot 1377
8 8     Müller 65, 18 May 1990, lot 224
9 9     Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 23, 5 Oct. 2014, lot 514
10 10     Rauch EA 20, 27 June 2016, lot 104
11 11     Savoca 22 Blue, 27 July 2019, lot 873
12 12     Savoca 25 Blue, 26 Oct. 2019, lot 1193
13 13     Savoca 27 Blue, 28 Dec. 2019, lot 641
14 14     Savoca 35 Silver, 3 Aug. 2019, lot 254
15 15     Savoca EA 91 Silver, 13 Dec. 2020, lot 399 = Savoca 41 Silver, 23 Feb 2020, lot 188