RPC VII.2, 3473

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3473
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 ϹΕ
Edition Αὐτοκ(ράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Σαβ(ινία) Τρανκυλλίνα Σε(βαστή)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus, Sabinia Tranquillina Augusta
Obverse design confronted busts of Gordian III, radiate 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 33 mm
Average weight 24.16 g
Axis 6, 12
Specimens 8 (5 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: G.2931 BMC 7
2 2     P: Chandon de Briailles 966
3 3     ✸ C: CH 251-R
4 4     V: GR 22938
5 5     V: GR 22936
6 6     CNG EA 296, 13 Feb. 2013, lot 205
7 7     Kricheldorf 26, 19 Feb. 1973, lot 199
8 8     Schulten, 12 Apr. 1984, lot 370