RPC VII.2, 1435

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1435
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 Asclepius standing facing, head left, holding serpent staff
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 13.31 g
Axis 7
Reference AMNG 1179
Specimens 7 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: L 1260
2 2     B: 18275797, 1915/111
3 3     ✸ C. Rhodes coll.
4 4     Kress 151, 23 Nov. 1970, lot 188
5 5     Pfeiffer 718, 30 = Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 35, 6 Sept. 2015, lot 350
6 6     Schulten, 27 Mar. 1990, lot 881
7 7     Solidus EA 12, 17 Feb. 2017, lot 220