RPC VII.2, 3480

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3480
Province Mesopotamia
Region Mesopotamia
City Singara
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Tranquillina (Augusta)
Dating AD 243–4
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ϹΑΒ ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΛΙΝΑ ϹΕΒ
Nominative Sabinia Tranquillina Augusta
Reverse design diademed and draped bust of Tranquillina, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 6, 11
Specimens 8 (4 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: Uncertains
2 2     C: 146-1973
3 3     NY: 1938.104.151
4 4     NY: 1944.100.83588
5 5     Auctiones, 27 June 1978, lot 492
6 6     Bellinger, Hoards 8–9, no. 139
7 7     D. Taylor coll.
8 8     Peus 57, 28 Oct. 1998, lot 647 = Berliner Münz-Auktion 15, 29 Apr. 1982, lot 212 = Sternberg 11, 25 Nov. 1980, lot 407