RPC VII.2, 3452

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3452
Province Mesopotamia
Region Mesopotamia
City Nisibis
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus) ; Tranquillina (Augusta)
Dating AD 243–4
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚ Κ Μ ΑΝ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟΝ ϹΑΒ ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΛΙΝΑ ϹƐΒ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus (et) Sabinia Tranquillina Augusta
Obverse design confronted busts of Gordian III, laureate, draped and cuirassed, r., seen from front, and Tranquillina, diademed and draped bust, l.
Reverse inscription ϹƐΠ ΚΟΛΟ ΝƐϹΙΒΙ ΜΗΤΡΟ
Reverse design draped, veiled and turreted Tyche, seated l., on rock, with ram l. above her, holding ears of corn; below, river god swimming l.
Metal Æ
Average diameter 32 mm
Axis 6, 11
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18275011, 1847/8133
2 2     V: GR 22901
3 3     ✸ CNG EA 144, 26 July 2006, lot 224
4 4     Schulten, 21 Oct. 1986, lot 769 = Gorny 36, 8 Apr. 1987, lot 548