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 ϹΕΒ
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 ϹΕΠ ΚΟΛΟ ΝΕϹΙΒΙ ΜΗΤΡΟ
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 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
5 5     Brisbane: 2844