RPC VII.2, 1696

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1696
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 Homonoia standing left, holding patera and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 12.41 g
Axis 1, 6, 12
Reference AMNG 3545
Specimens 13 (3 in the core collections)
Note The value mark was sometimes erased on the dies, but remains visible on most coins.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ C: 136-1948
2 2     C McClean 4412
3 3     V: GR 8331
4 4     Leeds-UL: 1453
5 5     Sofia RHM: 124 CCCHBulg IX 773
6 6     C. Rhodes coll.
7 7     C. Rhodes coll.
8 8     CGT coll.
9 9     CGT coll.
10 10     CNG EA 278, 25 Apr. 2012, lot 183
11 11     Künker 83, 17 June 2003, lot 1183
12 12     Private coll.
13 13     Rauch MBS 10, 2 Mar. 2006, lot 217