RPC VII.2, 3480

 

Image of specimen #1

 

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
Edition Αὐτοκ(ράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ϹΑΒ ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΛΙΝΑ ϹΕΒ
Edition Σαβ(ινία) Τρανκυλλίνα Σεβ(αστή)
Translation Sabinia Tranquillina Augusta
Reverse design diademed and draped bust of Tranquillina, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 11.45 g
Axis 6, 11
Specimens 8 (4 in the core collections)

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