RPC VII.2, 1444

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1444
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 ϹΕΒ 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 Nemesis standing left, holding scales and cornucopia; at feet, wheel
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 1, 2
Reference AMNG 1185
Specimens 15 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18275825, 1863/28646 AMNG 1185/1
2 2     B: 18275821, Löbb. AMNG 1185/3
3 3     BBAW: 79 Savoca Blue 6, 7 Apr. 2018, lot 546
4 4     Budapest SNG 271
5 5     Sofia: 1651 NAIM 1462
6 6     C. Rhodes coll.
7 7     C. Rhodes coll.
8 8     ✸ Gorny & Mosch EA 259, 20 Oct. 2018, lot 3428 = Gorny & Mosch EA 251, 15 Oct. 2017, lot 4622 = Gorny & Mosch 241, 10 Oct. 2016, lot 1744
9 9     Münzzentrum Rheinland 104, 6 Sept. 2000, lot 383
10 10     Münzzentrum Rheinland 184, 16 May 2018, lot 277
11 11     Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 24, 2 Nov. 2014, lot 267
12 12     Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 31, 3 May 2015, lot 288
13 13     Rauch 47. 4 Nov. 1991, lot 574
14 14     Rauch 60, 3 Nov. 1998, lot 241
15 15     Rauch, FPL Aug. 1993, lot 714