RPC VII.2, 3143

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3143
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Gordian III (Augustus) ; Tranquillina (Augusta)
Issue With Tranquillina
Dating AD 241–4
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ, Π Π
Nominative Imperator Caesar Antonius Gordianus Augustus pater patriae
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ, Α Μ Κ Γ Β
Reverse design Tranquillina, diademed and draped, standing right, clasping hands with Gordian III, laureate and togate, standing left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 37 mm
Axis 1, 5, 6, 7, 12
Specimens 16 (6 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BNK,G.1107 BMC 281
2 2     P: Delepierre 6529 SNG 1649
3 3     ✸ B: 18274230, Rauch
4 4     B: 18274227, 1845/4789
5 5     C McClean 9124
6 6     G SNG 2341
7 7     Bern SNG Righetti 1690
8 8     Ayvagediği hoard 49
9 9     B. Michaux coll.
10 10     CNG EA 205, 25 Feb. 2009, lot 292
11 11     Goldberg 100, 5 Sept. 2017, lot 2207 = Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR Auctions 7, 20 May 2013, lot 768 = Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR Auctions 5, 14 May 2012, lot 683 = Gorny & Mosch 130, 8 Mar. 2004, lot 1890 = Gorny & Mosch 125, 13 Oct. 2003, lot 318
12 12     Roma Numismatics EA 19, 1 Aug. 2015, lot 482
13 13     Tahberer 1609
14 14     Ziegler 785
15 15     Ziegler 786
16 16     C. Rhodes coll. = Roma Numismatics EA 109, 11 May 2023, lot 868