RPC VII.2, 1231

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1231
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 Asclepius standing left, holding serpent staff
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 10.49 g
Axis 7, 12
Reference Karayotov 68–70
External URI(s) https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/421
Specimens 6 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 869
2 2     ✸ B: 18249767, Löbb.
3 3     V: GR 8737
4 4     Shumen: N BX 204(33) Karayotov 68
5 5     Shumen: N BX 204(36) Karayotov 69
6 6     D. Dechev coll., Burgas = Karayotov 70