RPC VII.2, 3469

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3469
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 ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΑΒ ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΛΙΝΑ ϹΕΒ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus (et) 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
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 31 mm
Axis 6, 12
Specimens 6 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18275073, Löbb.
2 2     Grün 64, 20 Nov. 2014, lot 2234
3 3     Hirsch 149, 19 Feb. 1986, lot 476 = Hirsch 146, 12 June 1985, lot 539
4 4     Hirsch 155, 23 Sept. 1987, lot 812
5 5     Rauch 68, 5 Nov. 2001, lot 638
6 6     ✸ Roma Numismatics 4, 30 Sept. 2012, lot 2482 = Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR Auctions 4, 5 Dec. 2011, lot 362