RPC VII.2, 2886

 

Image of specimen #19

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2886
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Trachea
City Seleucia ad Calycadnum
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus) ; Tranquillina (Augusta)
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΟϹ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕ ΚΑΙ ϹΑΒΙΝΙΑΝ ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΛΙΝΑΝ (sic) ϹΕΒ
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανὸς Σε(βαστὸς) καὶ Σαβινίαν Τρανκυλλίναν Σεβ(αστήν)
Translation Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus and for Sabinia Tranquillina Augusta
Obverse design confronted busts of Gordian III, radiate, draped and cuirassed, right, seen from rear, and Tranquillina, diademed and draped bust, left
Reverse inscription ϹΕΛΕΥΚΕΩΝ, ΤΩ ΠΡΟϹ ΤΩ ΚΑΛΥΚΑΔ(ΝΩ), ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΑϹ
Edition Σελευκέων τῶ(ν) πρός τῷ Καλυκάδνῳ Ἐλευθέρας
Translation of the Seleucians by the Calycadnus river, free
Reverse design confronted busts of Tyche, draped, right, and Apollo, laureate and draped, left; behind Tyche, cornucopia; behind Apollo, branch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 38 mm
Average weight 25.56 g
Axis 5, 6
Specimens 25 (8 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1844,0425.388 BMC 49
2 2     P: 971 SNG 1035
3 3     P: 974 SNG 1036
4 4     P: 972 SNG 1037
5 5     B: 18273955, Fox
6 6     C: Leake
7 7     Cop SNG 218
8 8     NY: 1944.100.54218
9 9     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 1077
10 10     V-ON SNG Leypold 2608
11 11     Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR Auctions 6, 10 Dec. 2012, lot 1145 = Gorny & Mosch 134, 11 Oct. 2004, lot 2065
12 12     C. Rhodes coll. = CNG EA 165, 30 May 2007, lot 168
13 13     CGT coll.
14 14     CNG EA 123, 28 Sept. 2005, lot 117
15 15     CNG EA 229, 10 Mar. 2010, lot 304
17 17     Gorny & Mosch 229, 10 Mar. 2015, lot 1547
18 18     iNumis MBS 34, 11 Oct. 2016, lot 145
19 19     ✸ Kricheldorf 49, 20 Feb. 2017, lot 417 = Künker 27, 30 Sept. 1994, lot 627
20 20     Künker 257, 10 Oct. 2014, lot 9066
21 21     Naumann 56, 6 Aug. 2017, lot 442
22 22     SNG Levante 776
23 23     SNG vA 5845
24 24     Ziegler 502
25 25     Ziegler 503 = Burbach coll.
26 26     Boston: 64.1422