RPC VII.2, 1723

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1723
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
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανὸς Σαβινία Τρανκυλλίνα
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Tranquillina 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<
Edition Μητρο(πόλεως) Πόντου Τόμεως δʹ
Translation of the metropolis of Pontus, Tomis, 4
Reverse design Zeus seated left, holding patera over eagle and sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 11.36 g
Axis 12
Reference AMNG 3510
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 59 = AMNG 3510/1
2 2     Warsaw: 220468
3 3     C. Rhodes coll.
4 4     Cast in BBAW
5 5     ✸ Naumann 93, 6 Sept. 2020, lot 249