RPC VII.2, 1436

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1436
Province Moesia Inferior
Region Moesia
City Marcianopolis
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus) ; Tranquillina (Augusta)
Magistrate Prosius Tertullianus (legatus Augusti pro praetore)
Dating AD 241–4
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ ϹΕΒ ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΛΕΙΝΑ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Αὔγ(ουστος) Σεβ(αστὸς) Τρανκυλλεῖνα
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus (Augustus) Tranquillina
Obverse design confronted busts of Gordian III, laureate, draped and cuirassed, right, seen from rear, and Tranquillina, diademed and draped, left
Reverse inscription ΥΠ ΤΕΡΤΥΛΛΙΑΝΟΥ ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ, Ε
Edition ὑπ(ατείας) Τερτυλλιανοῦ Μαρκιανοπολιτῶν εʹ
Translation during the (pro)consulship of Tertullianus, of the Marcianopolitans, 5
Reverse design Athena standing left, holding owl and spear; at feet, shield leaning against her
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 11.88 g
Axis 1, 2, 12
Reference AMNG 1178
Specimens 18 (3 in the core collections)
Feedback

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 90
2 2     B: 18275793, 1863/28646
3 3     NY: 1944.100.15315
4 4     Sofia: 7030 NAIM 1456
5 5     Yale: 2001.87.9071 AMNG 1178/1 (Bad Arolsen, Bibliothek)
6 6     Berk 198, 7 July 2016, lot 365
7 7     ✸ C. Rhodes coll.
8 8     C. Rhodes coll.
9 9     Cast in BBAW
10 10     Cast in BBAW
11 11     cgb.fr MBS 32, 6 Dec. 2007, lot 372
12 12     CNG EA 379, 27 July 2016, lot 286
13 13     CNG EA 382, 7 Sept. 2016, lot 220
14 14     Gorny & Mosch 96, 7 June 1999, lot 316
15 15     Mozelt FPL 54, 1990, lot 149
16 16     Pfeiffer 718
17 17     Pfeiffer 718, 01 = Grün 64, 20 Nov. 2014, lot 1865
18 18     Schulten, 19 Mar. 1986, lot 556