RPC VII.2, 3472

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3472
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
Edition Αὐτοκ(ράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Σεβ(αστὸς) Τρανκυλλίνα Σεβ(αστή)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus, Tranquillina Augusta
Obverse design confronted busts of Gordian III, laureate, draped 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 22.83 g
Axis 1, 5, 6, 11, 12
Specimens 23 (5 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 2213
2 2     Cop SNG 256
3 3     G SNG 2454
4 4     Mu
5 5     O: Bodley
6 6     CGT coll.
7 7     CNG EA 205, 25 Feb. 2009, lot 342
8 8     CNG EA 264, 21 Sept. 2011, lot 329
9 9     CNG EA 315, 20 Nov. 2013, lot 283
10 10     CNG EA 326, 7 May 2014, lot 351 = CNG EA 316, 4 Dec. 2013, lot 336
11 11     CNG EA 336, 8 Oct. 2014, lot 217
12 12     D. Taylor coll.
13 13     Gorny & Mosch 225, 14 Oct. 2014, lot 1904
14 14     Hauck & Aufhäuser 21, 17 Mar. 2009, lot 431
15 15     M&M GmbH 20, 10 Oct. 2006, lot 991 = Münzzentrum, 63, 13 Apr. 1988, lot 1468
16 16     M&M GmbH 35, 17 Nov. 2011, lot 180
17 17     Peus 398, 28 Apr. 2009, lot 762
18 18     ✸ Roma Numismatics 4, 30 Sept. 2012, lot 2481
19 19     Roma Numismatics, 21 May 2013, lot 993
20 20     Savoca Numismatik GmbH & Co. KG 6, 27 Dec. 2015, lot 362
21 21     Varesi 62, 30 Apr. 2013, lot 140
22 22     Cologne: AG178
23 23     Boston: 63.424