RPC VII.2, 1715

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1715
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
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus (et) Sabinia 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]
Reverse design Tyche seated left, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 1
Reference AMNG 3552
Specimens 8 (1 in the core collections)
Note The value mark was initially present but was erased on the die, but it remains visible.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ C: 6353-2007
2 2     Antioch Associates 38, 25 Feb. 2002, lot 59
3 3     Cast in BBAW
4 4     Müller 31, 4 Feb. 1981, lot 566
5 5     Naumann 85, 5 Jan. 2020, lot 227
6 6     Naumann 88, 5 Apr. 2020, lot 366
7 7     Savoca 25 Blue, 26 Oct. 2019, lot 1192
8 8     Schulten, 5 Oct. 1981, lot 208