RPC VII.2, 1448

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1448
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 ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ, Ε
Edition ὑπατείας Τερτυλλιανοῦ Μαρκιανοπολειτῶν εʹ ὑπ(ατείας) Τερτυλλιανοῦ Μαρκιανοπολειτῶν εʹ
Translation during the (pro)consulship of Tertullianus, of the Marcianopolitans, 5
Reverse design temple with four columns enclosing statue of Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia; globe on pediment
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 12.31 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference AMNG 1192
Specimens 25 (4 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: 18276298, 1918/333
2 2     Cop SNG 261 = cast in BBAW
3 3     O
4 4     O: Rueff Bequest
5 5     Sofia: 9327 NAIM 1473
6 6     C. Rhodes coll.
7 7     C. Rhodes coll.
8 8     CNG EA 109, 2 Mar. 2005, lot 82
9 9     CNG EA 146, 23 Aug. 2006, lot 157
10 10     CNG EA 179, 2 Jan. 2008, lot 140
11 11     CNG EA 231, 14 Apr. 2010, lot 126
12 12     CNG EA 318, 15 Jan. 2014, lot 394
13 13     CNG EA 318, 15 Jan. 2014, lot 395
14 14     Egger 41, 18 Nov. 1912, lot 215 = cast in BBAW
15 15     Gorny & Mosch 152, 10 Oct. 2006, lot 1635
16 16     Gorny & Mosch 204, 5 Mar. 2012, lot 1683
17 17     Lanz 158, 5 June 2014, lot 619 = CNG 88, 14 Sept. 2011, lot 702
18 18     Leu EA 7, 23 Feb. 2019, lot 607
19 19     Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 11, 29 Dec. 2013, lot 380
20 20     Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 3, 5 May 2013, lot 154
21 21     Pfeiffer 729
22 22     Rauch 71, 28 Apr. 2003, lot 256
23 23     Rauch EA 10, 15 July 2011, lot 437 = Rauch Summer 2008, 15 Sept. 2008, lot 885
24 24     Rauch Summer 2013, 18 Sept. 2013, lot 825
25 25     Savoca Blue 7, 26 May 2018, lot 576