RPC VII.2, 2888

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2888
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
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανὸς Σε(βαστὸς) καὶ Σαβινίαν Τρανκυλλίναν Σεβ(αστήν)
Translation Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus and for 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
Edition Σελευκέων τῶν πρός τῷ Καλυκάδνῳ Ἐλευθέρας
Translation of the Seleucians by the Calycadnus river, free
Reverse design confronted busts of Tyche, draped, right, and Apollo, laureate and draped, left, quiver at shoulder; behind Tyche, cornucopia; in front of Apollo, branch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 38 mm
Average weight 27.14 g
Axis 5, 6
Specimens 7 (4 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1891,0704.46 BMC 48
2 2     ✸ B: 18273956, I-B
3 3     C: Mossop
4 4     C: 468-1948
5 5     CNG EA 310, 4 Sept. 2013, lot 301
6 6     CNG EA 348, 8 Apr. 2015, lot 521 = CNG EA 68, 9 July 2003, lot 179
7 7     Boston: 63.3003