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VII.2, 3452
Image of specimen #3
Coin type
URI
https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/7.2/3452
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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 Ϲ
Ε
Β
Edition
Αὐτοκ(ράτορα) Κ(αίσαρα) Μ(ᾶρκον) Ἀν(τώνιον) Γορδιανὸν Σαβ(ῖναν) Τρανκυλλίνα(ν) Σεβ(αστήν)
Translation
Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus, Sabina Tranquillina Augusta
Obverse design
confronted busts of Gordian III, laureate, draped and cuirassed, right, seen from front, and Tranquillina, diademed and draped bust, left
Reverse inscription
Ϲ
Ε
Π ΚΟΛΟ Ν
Ε
ϹΙΒΙ
ΜΗ
ΤΡΟ
Edition
Σεπ(τίμινα) κολο(νία) Νέσιβι(ς) μητρό(πολις)
Translation
Septimian colony Nisibis, metropolis
Reverse design
draped, veiled and turreted Tyche, seated left, on rock, with ram left above her, holding ears of corn; below, river god swimming left
Metal
copper-based alloy
Average diameter
32 mm
Average weight
17.32 g
Axis
6, 11
Specimens
5 (2 in the core collections)
Specimens of this coin type
Number
Number
Obverse
Reverse
Museum
Bibliography
Diameter
Weight
Axis
Note
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1
1
B: 18275011, 1847/8133
31
14.86
6
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2
2
V: GR 22901
32.1
17.32
11
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3
3
✸
CNG EA 144, 26 July 2006, lot 224
33
17.97
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4
4
Schulten, 21 Oct. 1986, lot 769 = Gorny 36, 8 Apr. 1987, lot 548
19.14
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5
5
Brisbane: 2844
32
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