RPC VII.2, 1445

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1445
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(Β) ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΛΕΙΝΑ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανὸς Αὔγουστος Σεβαστὴ Τρανκυλλεῖνα Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Αὔγ(ουστος) Σεβ(αστὴ) Τρανκυλλεῖνα
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus, Augusta 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 Sarapis seated left, extending arm over Cerberus, and holding sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 14.59 g
Axis 1, 6, 12
Reference AMNG 1175
Specimens 7 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: L 1194
2 2     C: Leake
3 3     ✸ V: GR 37324
4 4     AMNG 1175/2 (ex Mu)
5 5     CGT coll.
6 6     Künker 71, 12 Mar. 2002, lot 1235 = Münzzentrum Rheinland 112, 4 Sept. 2002, lot 707
7 7     Pfeiffer 714, 20 = Roma Numismatics 4, 30 Sept. 2012, lot 2474 = Bertolami 4, 5 Dec. 2011, lot 357