RPC VII.2, 1239

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1239
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 Hermes standing left, holding purse and caduceus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 11.52 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Karayotov 146–50
External URI(s) https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/239
Specimens 14 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Cop SNG 662
2 2     ✸ NY: 1944.100.16368
3 3     Bucharest-IA Ruzicka, Mesembria inedita 5 = cast in BBAW
4 4     Plovdiv: 626 Karayotov 149
5 5     C. Rhodes coll.
6 6     CGT coll.
7 7     CNG EA 67, 25 June 2003, lot 59
8 8     Lanz 106, 27 Nov. 2001, lot 630 =Reinhard Fischer 158, 15 Sept. 2017, lot 673
9 9     M. Minchev coll., Burgas = Karayotov 147
10 10     Naumann 94, 4 Oct. 2020, lot 277
11 11     Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 38, 6 Dec. 2015, lot 386
12 12     Private coll., Burgas = Karayotov 146
13 13     Savoca EA 39 Silver, 22 Dec. 2019, lot 109
14 14     T. Stoyanov coll., Burgas = Karayotov 148