RPC VII.2, 2885

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2885
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Trachea
City Seleucia ad Calycadnum
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus) ; Tranquillina (Augusta)
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΟϹ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕ ΚΑΙ ϹΑΒΙΝΙΑΝ ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΛΙΝΑΝ (sic) ϹΕΒ
Nominative Marcus Antonius Gordianus et Sabinia Tranquillina Augusta
Obverse design confronted busts of Gordian III, radiate, draped and cuirassed, right, seen from rear, and Tranquillina, diademed and draped bust, left
Reverse inscription ϹΕΛΕΥΚΕΩΝ, ΤΩΝ ΠΡΟϹ ΤΩ ΚΑΛΥΚΑΔΝΩ, ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΑϹ
Reverse design confronted busts of Tyche, draped, right, and Apollo, laureate and draped, left; behind Tyche, cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 37 mm
Axis 12
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
2 2     V: GR 19152
3 3     ✸ Nomisma S.p.a. 54, 30 Aug. 2016, lot 279
4 4     Rauch 41, 6 June 1988, lot 967