RPC VII.2, 3470

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3470
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[ΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΑΒ ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΛΙΝΑ] ϹΕΒ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus (et) Sabinia 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 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 33 mm
Axis 6, 12
Specimens 6 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Leeds-UL: 462
2 2     Agora Auctions 100, 4 May 2021, lot 122
3 3     ✸ CNG EA 325, 23 Apr. 2014, lot 478
4 4     Gorny 33, June 1986, lot 491
5 5     Münzzentrum 56, 6 Nov. 1985, lot 512
6 6     NFA, 27 June 1986, lot 987