RPC VII.2, 1703

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1703
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 Nemesis standing left, holding scales and cubit rule; at feet, wheel
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 12.70 g
Axis 6, 7, 12
Reference AMNG 3542–3
Specimens 15 (1 in the core collections)
Note The value mark Δ𐅵 is sometimes erased on the die.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1844,0425.845 BMC 64 = AMNG 3543/1
2 2     BBAW: 98 Peus 403, 27 Apr. 2011, lot 312
3 3     AMNG 3542/2 = cast in BBAW
4 4     ✸ C. Rhodes coll.
5 5     C. Rhodes coll.
6 6     Cast in BBAW
7 7     CGT coll.
8 8     CGT coll.
9 9     CGT coll.
10 10     CNG EA 358, 26 Aug. 2015, lot 228 = Schulten, 11 Apr. 1988, lot 833
11 11     Naumann 78, 2 June 2019, lot 452
12 12     Peus 419, 27 Apr. 2017, lot 576 = Aufhäuser 9, 7 Oct. 1992, lot 413
13 13     Savoca 23 Blue, 24 Aug. 2019, lot 600
14 14     Varesi 49, 18 Apr. 2007, lot 955
15 15     Vico 146, 27 Oct. 2016, lot 3227