RPC VII.2, 1233

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1233
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Mesambria
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus) ; Tranquillina (Augusta)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ ϹΕΒ ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΛΙΝΑ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκον) Ἀντ(ώνιον) Γορδιανὸς Αὔγ(ουστος) Σεβ(αστὸς) Τρανκυλλίνα
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus Venerable Tranquillina
Obverse design confronted busts of Gordian III, laureate, draped and cuirassed, right, seen from rear, and Tranquillina, diademed and draped bust, left
Reverse inscription ΜΕϹΑΜΒΡΙΑΝΩΝ
Edition Μεσαμβριανῶν
Translation of the Mesambrians
Reverse design two dancing Corybantes, holding swords and raising shields
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 11.53 g
Axis 6, 7, 12
Reference Karayotov 118–26
External URI(s) https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/238
Specimens 27 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18249741, Löbb.
2 2     ✸ C SNG 1560
3 3     Bologna rev. cast in BBAW
4 4     Bucharest-IA Ruzicka, Mesembria inedita 8
5 5     Dobrich: N I 2338 Karayotov 120
6 6     Razgrad: N 3779 Karayotov 118
7 7     Shumen: N 453 Karayotov 124
8 8     Yale: 2008.83.127 Lanz 82, 24 Nov. 1997, lot 610 = Karayotov 125
9 9     C. Rhodes coll.
10 10     CGT coll. = CNG EA 306, 10 July 2013, lot 241
11 11     CNG 88, 14 Sept. 2011, lot 746
12 12     CNG EA 291, 21 Nov. 2012, lot 195 = Dorney 7, 25 Nov. 2018, lot 186 = Auctiones EA 59, 18 March 2018, lot 97
13 13     CNG EA 352, 3 June 2015, lot 271
14 14     CNG EA 361, 14 Oct. 2015, lot 794
15 15     Falkensee coll.
16 16     Falkensee coll.
17 17     Falkensee coll. = CNG Triton X, 9 Jan. 2007, lot 721 = CNG Triton VIII, 11 Jan. 2005, lot 743 = CNG MBS 63, 21 May 2003, lot 994
18 18     Falkensee coll. = Gorny & Mosch 142, 10 Oct. 2005, lot 1882 = Gorny & Mosch118, 2002, lot 1650
19 19     Gorny & Mosch 165, 17 Mar. 2008, lot 1509
20 20     Gorny & Mosch 269, 9 Mar. 2020, lot 755
21 21     Gorny & Mosch EA 278, 21 Apr. 2021, lot 3375
22 22     K. Atanasov coll., Burgas = Karayotov 123
23 23     Naumann 102, 2 May 2021, lot 410
24 24     Naumann 54, 4 June 2017, lot 255
25 25     Private coll., Burgas = Karayotov 119
26 26     T. Stoyanov coll., Burgas = Karayotov 121
27 27     T. Stoyanov coll., Burgas = Karayotov 122