RPC VII.2, 1443

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1443
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
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus (et) Sabinia 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 Nemesis standing left, holding cubit rule and cornucopia; at feet, wheel
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 1, 6, 7, 12
Reference AMNG 1184
Specimens 12 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Cop SNG 260 = AMNG 1185/2
2 2     ✸ V: GR 38322
3 3     C. Rhodes coll.
4 4     CGT coll.
5 5     CGT coll.
6 6     CGT coll.
7 7     CGT coll.
8 8     CGT coll.
9 9     CNG EA 404, 23 Aug. 2017, lot 347 = Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 1, 10 Mar. 2013, lot 92
10 10     Pfeiffer 723
11 11     Pfeiffer 724
12 12     Pfeiffer 725