RPC VII.2, 1698

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1698
Province Moesia Inferior
Region Moesia
City Tomis
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus) ; Tranquillina (Augusta)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤΩΝΙ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΙΝΑ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντώνι(ος) Γορδιανὸς Τρανκυλ<λ>ίνα
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus 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
Edition Μητρο(πόλεως) Πόντου Τόμεως
Translation of the Metropolis of Pontus, of Tomis
Reverse design Hygieia standing right, feeding serpent from patera
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 13.16 g
Axis 1, 2, 5, 9, 12
Reference AMNG 3535
Specimens 12 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1982,0112.1
2 2     P: 1028 AMNG 3535/2
3 3     B: 18278802, Löbb. AMNG 3535/1
4 4     V: GR 204
5 5     Sofia RHM: 957 CCCHBulg IX 772
6 6     C. Rhodes coll.
7 7     CNG EA 227, 10 Feb. 2010, lot 259
8 8     Gorny & Mosch EA 251, 15 Oct. 2017, lot 4628 = Gorny & Mosch 241, 10 Oct. 2016, lot 1763
9 9     Künker 270, 2 Oct. 2015, lot 8900 = Hess-Divo eLive 7, 29 May 2014, lot 750
10 10     Müller 31, 4 Feb. 1981, lot 565
11 11     Solidus EA 11, 14 Jan. 2017, lot 159
12 12     Vico 147, 9 Mar. 2017, lot 3161