RPC VII.2, 1248

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1248
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Mesambria
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus) ; Tranquillina (Augusta)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ ϹΑΒΙΝ ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΛΙΝΑ ϹΕ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Αὐγ(ουστος) Σαβιν(ία) Τρανκυλλίνα Σε(βαστή)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antoninus Gordian Augustus Sabina Tranquillina Augusta
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 Sarapis standing left, raising right arm, holding sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 11.54 g
Axis 6
Reference Karayotov 133–7
External URI(s) https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/431
Specimens 15 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: 18249740, Löbb.
2 2     Mu
3 3     Ankara: 123-60/58-91 Sammlungen Türkei 82
4 4     Burgas: 2864 Karayotov 133
5 5     Winterthur: G 6789 Müller, 53, 26 Sept. 1986, lot 161
6 6     CGT coll.
7 7     CNG EA 403, 9 Aug. 2017, lot 373
8 8     Falkensee coll. = Gorny & Mosch EA 247, 10 Mar. 2017, lot 4317
9 9     Gorny & Mosch EA 270, 12 Mar. 2020, lot 2223
10 10     Heritage Auctions Europe / MPO Auctions 62, 14 May 2019, lot 3140
11 11     Inasta 67, 28 Mar. 2017, lot 1304
12 12     K. Atanasov coll., Burgas = Karayotov 134
13 13     Lanz 128, 22 May 2006, lot 664
14 14     Naumann 106, 1 Aug. 2021, lot 362 = Naumann 98, 3 Jan. 2021, 494
15 15     Naumann 81, 1 Sept. 2019, lot 254