RPC VII.2, 1821

 

Image of specimen #10

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1821
Province Moesia Inferior
Region Moesia
City Istrus
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus) ; Tranquillina (Augusta)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΑΒ ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΙΝΑ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Σαβ(ινία) Τρανκυλ<λ>ίνα
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus, Sabinia Tranquillina
Obverse design confronted busts of Gordian III, laureate, draped and cuirassed, right, seen from rear, and Tranquillina, draped, left
Reverse inscription ΙϹΤΡΙΗΝΩΝ, Ε
Edition Ἰστριηνῶν εʹ
Translation of the Istrians, 5
Reverse design Theos Megas on horseback, riding right; in front, altar; behind, eagle standing right, on candelabrum
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 13.08 g
Axis 1, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12
Reference AMNG 525–6
Specimens 30 (11 in the core collections)
Note On the rev., sometimes, no ligature.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: L 2167 AMNG 525/4
2 2     B: 18278139, 1921/276
3 3     B: 18278130, 1853/11909 AMNG 525/1
4 4     B: 18278132, Fox AMNG 525/2
5 5     B: 18278133, 1895/482 AMNG 525/3
6 6     B: 18278135, Löbb. AMNG 526/1
7 7     NY: 1957.52.388
8 8     NY: 1957.52.389
9 9     NY: 1997.32.15
10 10     ✸ O: Pullan
11 11     O
13 13     Bucharest: 8322/75/2095 Sutzu 45
14 14     Bucharest: 8331/75/2104 Sutzu 46
15 15     Budapest SNG 58
16 16     Budapest SNG 59
17 17     Sofia: 5322 NAIM 480
18 18     C. Rhodes coll. = CNG EA 281, 20 June 2012, lot 181
19 19     Cast in BBAW
20 20     cgb.fr MBS 25, 26 Jan. 2006, lot 375 = Elsen 84, 18 June 2005, lot 564
22 22     CGT coll.
23 23     CGT coll.
24 24     CGT coll. = CNG EA 215, 29 July 2009, lot 387 = Auctiones AG 29, 12 June 2003, lot 143
25 25     CNG EA 224, 16 Dec. 2009, lot 338 = M&M GmbH 16, 19 May 2005, lot 167
28 28     Gorny & Mosch EA 247, 10 Mar. 2017, lot 4117 = Galerie Numismatique 4, 28 Nov. 2004, lot 363
30 30     Rauch Summer 2009, 17 Sept. 2009, lot 1069
31 31     Sofia: 5441 NAIM 478
32 32     B. Michaux coll.
33 33     Falkensee coll.
34 34     SNG Stancomb 882 = Roma EA 74, 20 Aug. 2020, lot 55
35 35     Bonn: P.10.02