RPC VII.1, 247

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 247
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Tabala
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus) ; Tranquillina (Augusta)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΒ ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΛΕΙΝΑ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Antonius Gordianus Aurelius (sic!) Augustus (et) Tranquillina
Obverse design confronted busts of Gordian III, laureate, draped and cuirassed, right, and of Tranquillina, diademed and draped, left
Reverse inscription ΤΑΒΑΛΕΩΝ ΕΡΜΟϹ
Reverse design river god Hermos sitting left, holding reed and resting on water urn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Axis 6, 12
Specimens 6 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–6: same pair of dies.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18278262, 1845/5010
2 2     B: 18278263, Rauch
3 3     ✸ Milan: 7315
4 4     P: 1385
5 5     L. Reggiani, ‘Tre note numismatiche’, RIN 91 (1989), pp. 45–54, no. 51
6 6     Finarte Casa D'Aste 995, 26 Nov. 1996, lot 1192 (C. Fontana coll.) = Leu AG / M&M AG, Oct. 1966, lot 630 (Niggeler) = Münzhandlung Basel I, 1934, lot 2003