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
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus (et) 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
Reverse design Sarapis seated left, extending arm over Cerberus, and holding sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Axis 1, 6, 12
Reference AMNG 1175
Specimens 7 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number 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