RPC VII.2, 3430

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3430
Province Osroene
Region Mesopotamia
City Edessa
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus) ; Tranquillina (Augusta)
Issue Colonial coinage
Dating AD 242–4
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΛΙΝΑ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτοκ(ράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Σεβ(αστὸς) Τρανκυλλίνα Σεβ(αστή)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus, 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 ΜΗΤ ΚΟΛ ΕΔΕϹϹΗΝωΝ
Edition μητ(ρόπολις) Κολ(ωνία) Εδεσσηνῶν
Translation Metropolis Colony of the Edessenes
Reverse design draped, veiled and turreted bust of Tyche, left; in front, Marsyas (?) standing right, on short column, carrying wineskin over shoulder, and altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 16.92 g
Axis 3, 10, 11
Reference Babelon 90
Specimens 7 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 2130
2 2     ✸ G SNG 2569
3 3     Mu
4 4     CGT coll.
5 5     D. Taylor coll.
6 6     M&M GmbH 20, 10 Oct. 2006, lot 943
7 7     Private coll.