RPC VII.2, 3471

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3471
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 Α(Ν)Τ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟΝ ϹΑΒ ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΛΙΝΑ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτοκ(ράτορα) Κ(αίσαρα) Μ(ᾶρκον) Ἀντ(ώνιον) Γορδιανὸν Σαβ(ῖναν) Τρανκυλλίνα(ν) Σεβ(αστήν)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus, Sabina Tranquillina Augusta
Obverse design confronted busts of Gordian III, laureate, draped 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 32 mm
Average weight 22.53 g
Axis 1, 5, 6, 11, 12
Specimens 90 (46 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: G.2933 BMC 10
2 2     ✸ L: 1844,1015.273 BMC 11
3 3     L: 1844,0425.483.E BMC 12
4 4     L: G.2934 BMC 13
5 5     L: G.2932 BMC 8
6 6     L: 1856,1106.47 BMC 9
7 7     P: Chandon de Briailles 1174
8 8     P: Y 20263, Seymour de Ricci 542
9 9     P: AA.GR.26780
10 10     P: Y 20263, Seymour de Ricci 541
11 11     P: AA.GR.26779
12 12     P: AA.GR.26777
13 13     P: Louis De Clercq 423
14 14     P: Y 20263, Seymour de Ricci 543
15 15     P: 2214
16 16     P: Chandon de Briailles 1176
17 17     B: 18275071, I-B
18 18     B: 18275083
19 19     B: 18275085, Fox
20 20     B: 18275069, Fox
21 21     B: 18275080, 1842/1559
22 22     B: 18275084, Löbb.
23 23     B: 18275078, Fox
24 24     C: Leake
25 25     C: Leake
26 26     C McClean 9560
27 27     C SNG Lewis 1997
28 28     C SNG Lewis 1997
29 29     Cop SNG 257
30 30     G SNG 2453
31 31     Mu
32 32     Mu
33 33     NY: 1944.100.83587
34 34     NY: 1948.19.2500
35 35     NY: 1944.100.83584
36 36     NY: 1961.154.371
37 37     NY: 1963.176.2
38 38     NY: 1944.100.83586
39 39     NY: 1938.104.149 Bellinger, Hoards 8–9, no. 137
40 40     O: Raye
41 41     O
42 42     O
43 43     O: Milne
44 44     O: Rueff Bequest
45 45     V: GR 43673
46 46     V: GR 22935
47 47     Leeds-UL: 463
48 48     Winterthur: G 7754 M&M GmbH 27, 28 May 2008, lot 2298
49 49     Áureo & Calicó 281, 20 Sept. 2016, lot 205 = Áureo & Calicó 274, 3 Feb. 2016, lot 1170
50 50     Baldwin's 57, 23 Sept. 2008, lot 168
51 51     Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR Auctions 4, 5 Dec. 2011, lot 361
52 52     Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR Auctions 5, 14 May 2012, lot 684 = Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR Auctions 4, 5 Dec. 2011, lot 360
53 53     Bertolami Fine Arts E-31, 5 Oct. 2015, lot 537 = Bertolami Fine Arts 9, 29 Apr. 2014, lot 728
54 54     C. Rhodes coll.
55 55     C. Rhodes coll.
56 56     CGT coll.
57 57     CNG 90, 23 May 2012, lot 1260
58 58     CNG EA 137, 12 Apr. 2006, lot 128
59 59     CNG EA 168, 11 July 2007, lot 215
60 60     CNG EA 172, 5 Sept. 2007, lot 128
61 61     CNG EA 206, 11 Mar. 2009, lot 379
62 62     CNG EA 237, 21 July 2010, lot 202
63 63     CNG EA 248, 26 Jan. 2011, lot 329
64 64     CNG EA 283, 25 July 2012, lot 185
65 65     CNG EA 294, 16 Jan. 2013, lot 506
66 66     CNG EA 301, 24 Apr. 2013, lot 224
67 67     CNG EA 302, 8 May 2013, lot 293
68 68     CNG EA 306, 10 July 2013, lot 317
69 69     CNG EA 307, 24 July 2013, lot 258
70 70     CNG EA 315, 20 Nov. 2013, lot 282
71 71     CNG EA 316, 4 Dec. 2013, lot 337
72 72     CNG EA 331, 23 July 2014, lot 218
73 73     CNG EA 340, 3 Dec. 2014, lot 302
74 74     Elsen 108, 12 Mar. 2011, lot 522
75 75     Gorny & Mosch 196, 7 Mar. 2011, lot 2280
76 76     Gorny & Mosch 204, 5 Mar. 2012, lot 1878
77 77     Grün 59, 15 May 2012, lot 172
78 78     iNumis MBS 29, 2 June 2015, lot 401
79 79     Künker 124, 16 Mar. 2007, lot 9381
80 80     Künker 273, 14 Mar. 2016, lot 876
81 81     Künker 62, 13 Mar. 2001, lot 673
82 82     M&M GmbH 43, 26 Feb. 2016, lot 180 = Grün 59, 2012, lot 172
83 83     Noble 99, 17 Apr. 2012, lot 3706
84 84     Nomisma S.p.a. 46, 27 Oct. 2012, lot 329
85 85     Peus 400, 22 Apr. 2010, lot 559
86 86     Peus 407, 7 Nov. 2012, lot 1139
87 87     Rauch 102, 7 Nov. 2016, lot 310 = Künker 273, 2016, lot 876
88 88     Rauch 79, 17 Nov. 2006, lot 2199
89 89     Roma Numismatics EA 24, 30 Jan. 2016, lot 295
90 90     Boston: 68.481