RPC VII.2, 3456

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3456
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 bust of Tyche, right; above, ram leaping right, star left and right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 19.03 g
Axis 6
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ G SNG 2445
2 2     Hirsch 150, 5 May 1986, lot 582
3 3     Peus 311, 31 Oct. 1984, lot 702