RPC VII.2, 1719

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1719
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 ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΙΝΑ
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, Δ<
Reverse design Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Axis 1, 12
Reference AMNG 3549–50
Specimens 17 (2 in the core collections)
Note On the rev., sometimes, lunate sigma (ΤΟΜΕΩϹ) and Δ𐅵.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18278815, Löbb. AMNG 3549/1
2 2     NY: 1974.226.16
3 3     A AMNG 3550/1 = cast in BBAW
4 4     Sofia: 895 AMNG 3549/3 = cast in BBAW
5 5     ✸ C. Rhodes coll.
6 6     CGT coll.
7 7     CGT coll.
8 8     CNG EA 272, 25 Jan. 2012, lot 214
9 9     CNG EA 309, 21 Aug. 2013, lot 152
10 10     Gorny & Mosch 186, 8 Mar. 2010, lot 1536
11 11     Gorny & Mosch EA 274, 20 Nov. 2020, lot 2305
12 12     Lanz 120, 18 May 2004, lot 473
13 13     Naville Numismatics 17, 13 Sept. 2015, lot 196
14 14     Rauch Summer 2008, 15 Sept. 2008, lot 893
15 15     Rauch Summer 2008, 15 Sept. 2008, lot 894
16 16     Rauch Summer 2010, 13 Sept. 2010, lot 1087
17 17     Solidus Autumn 36, 25 Nov. 2018, lot 130