RPC VII.2, 1440

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1440
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 ϹΕ ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΛΕΙΝΑ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανὸς Αὔγουστος Σεβαστὸς Τρανκυλλεῖνα Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Αὔγ(ουστος) Σε(βαστὸς) 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 ὑπατείας Τερτυλλιανοῦ Μαρκιανοπολιτῶν εʹ ὑπ(ατείας) Τερτυλλιανοῦ Μαρκιανοπολιτῶν εʹ
Translation during the (pro)consulship of Tertullianus, of the Marcianopolitans, 5
Reverse design Homonoia standing left, holding patera and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 12.75 g
Axis 6, 7, 12
Reference AMNG 1186
Specimens 13 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: AA.GR.284
2 2     B: 18275828, 1863/28646 AMNG 1186/1
3 3     Mu SNG 376
4 4     Sofia: 4408 NAIM 1457
5 5     ✸ C. Rhodes coll.
6 6     Cast in BBAW (Bucarest)
7 7     CGT coll.
8 8     CNG EA 340, 3 Dec. 2014, lot 248
9 9     CNG EA 372, 6 Apr. 2016, lot 252
10 10     Gorny & Mosch 64, 11 Oct. 1993, lot 695
11 11     Pfeiffer 725
12 12     Pfeiffer 726
13 13     Solidus EA 15, 20 May 2017, lot 139 (part of)