RPC VII.2, 1699

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1699
Province Moesia Inferior
Region Moesia
City Tomis
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus) ; Tranquillina (Augusta)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΟϹ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΑΒΙΝΙΑ ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΛΙΝΑ
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, Δ𐅵
Reverse design Hygieia standing right, feeding serpent from patera
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 6, 7
Reference AMNG 3533–4
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)
Note On the obv., sometimes, no ligature.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18278801, 1868/28804 AMNG 3534/1
2 2     Bern: N/82.249 SNG Righetti 249
3 3     CNG EA 378, 13 July 2016, lot 292
4 4     Münzzentrum 102, 3 May 2000, lot 195
5 5     ✸ Savoca 42 Silver, 29 Mar. 2020, lot 129