RPC VII.2, 1683

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1683
Province Moesia Inferior
Region Moesia
City Tomis
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus) ; Tranquillina (Augusta)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ ϹΕ ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΛΕΙΝΑ
Edition 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, cuirassed, right, seen from rear, and Tranquillina, diademed and draped, left
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟ ΠΟΝΤΟΥ ΤΟΜΕΩϹ, Δ𐅵
Edition Μητρο(πόλεως) Πόντου Τόμεως δ𐅵ʹ
Translation of the Metropolis of Pontus, Tomis, 4.5
Reverse design Asclepius standing facing, head left, holding serpent staff
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 11.81 g
Axis 1, 2, 6, 12
Reference AMNG 3531–2
Specimens 12 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18278762, Löbb. AMNG 3531/2
2 2     B: 18278795, Löbb. AMNG 3532/1
3 3     Mu SNG 507
4 4     V: GR 8332 AMNG 3532/3
5 5     Ankara: 123-60/43-91 Sammlungen Türkei 57
6 6     Sofia: 2311 cast in BBAW = AMNG 3531/3-4
7 7     Sofia: 4933 cast in BBAW = AMNG 3532/2
8 8     ✸ C. Rhodes coll.
9 9     CGT coll.
10 10     Gorny & Mosch 170, 13 Oct. 2008, lot 1680
11 11     Naville Numismatics 19, 13 Dec. 2015, lot 190
12 12     Solidus Winter 38, 17 Feb. 2019, lot 227