RPC VII.2, 3453

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3453
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 ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟΝ ϹΑΒ ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΛΙΝΑ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτοκ(ράτορα) Κ(αίσαρα) Μ(ᾶρκον) Ἀντ(ώνιον) Γορδιανὸν Σαβ(ῖναν) Τρανκυλλίνα(ν) Σεβ(αστήν)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus, Sabina Tranquillina Augusta
Obverse design confronted busts of Gordian III, radiate, draped and cuirassed, right, seen from front, and Tranquillina, diademed and draped bust, left
Reverse inscription ϹΕΠ ΚΟΛΟΝ ΝΕϹΙΒΙ ΜΗΤ
Edition Σεπ(τίμινα) κολ(ονία) Νέσιβι(ς) μητ(ρόπολις)
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 33 mm
Average weight 19.15 g
Axis 6, 12
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: 18275019, 1864/28683
2 2     B: 18275021, Rauch
3 3     B. Michaux coll. = St Paul Antiques 18, 13 Oct 2018, lot 309
4 4     D. Taylor coll.
5 5     D. Taylor coll.