RPC VII.2, 3468

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3468
Province Mesopotamia
Region Mesopotamia
City Singara
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus) ; Tranquillina (Augusta)
Dating AD 243–4
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚ Κ Μ Α(Ν)Τ 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, laureate and cuirassed, right, seen from rear, and Tranquillina, diademed and draped bust, left
Reverse inscription ΑΥΡ ϹΕΠ ΚΟΛ ϹΙΝΓΑΡΑ
Edition Αὐρ(ηλία) Σεπ(τίμινα) κο(λονία) Σίνγαρα
Translation Aurelian Septimian colony Singara
Reverse design draped, veiled and turreted Tyche, seated left, on rock, holding ears of corn, with centaur left above her; below, river god swimming left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 23.37 g
Axis 6, 7, 12
Specimens 9 (5 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1966.453
2 2     P: Chandon de Briailles 1175
3 3     B: 18275024, 1847/8134
4 4     NY: 1944.100.83585
5 5     ✸ NY: 1948.19.2501
6 6     Winterthur: G 5315 GrMW III, 1211
7 7     Hirsch 129, 3 Dec. 1981, lot 3472
8 8     M&M GmbH 43, 26 Feb. 2016, lot 182
9 9     Roma Numismatics EA 21, 31 Oct. 2015, lot 551