RPC VII.2, 1243

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1243
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 Hygieia standing right, feeding serpent from patera
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 11.54 g
Axis 1, 6, 7, 12
Reference Karayotov 151–63
External URI(s) https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/433
Specimens 36 (4 in the core collections)
Note On the obv., sometimes, ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ and ϹΕΒ with a lunate sigma; on the rev., sometimes without ligature.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1921,0213.136
2 2     P: 868
3 3     ✸ B: 18249766, Löbb.
4 4     Mu
5 5     Ankara: 123-60/44-91 Sammlungen Türkei 84
6 6     Burgas: A745 Karayotov 151
7 7     Shumen: N BX 204(32) M. Minchev coll., Burgas = Karayotov 157
8 8     Varna: I 2341 Karayotov 152
9 9     Varna: I 1173 Karayotov 153
10 10     Varna: I 179 Karayotov 158
11 11     C. Rhodes coll.
12 12     C. Rhodes coll.
13 13     C. Rhodes coll.
14 14     CGT coll.
15 15     Falkensee coll.
16 16     Falkensee coll.
17 17     Gorny & Mosch 142, 10 Oct. 2005, lot 1881
18 18     Gorny & Mosch 241, 10 Oct. 2016, lot 1787
19 19     Heritage 231751, 21 Dec. 2017, lot 63101
20 20     Karayotov 163
21 21     Künker eLive 19, 26 June 2013, lot 502
22 22     M. Minchev coll., Burgas = Karayotov 154
23 23     M. Minchev coll., Burgas = Karayotov 156
24 24     Naumann 106, 1 Aug. 2021, lot 363
25 25     Naumann 43, 1 May 2016, lot 546 = Naumann 60, 3 Dec. 2017, lot 285 = Naumann 84, 1 Dec. 2019, lot 203
26 26     Naumann 89, 3 May 2020, lot 235
27 27     Naumann 98, 3 Jan. 2021, lot 495
28 28     Peus 403, 27 Apr. 2011, lot 528
29 29     Private coll., Burgas = Karayotov 159
30 30     Savoca 113 Silver, 19 Sept. 2021, lot 230
31 31     Savoca 14, 23 Apr. 2017, lot 300
32 32     Savoca EA 31 Silver, 10 Mar. 2019, lot 247
33 33     Savoca EA 39 Silver, 22 Dec. 2019, lot 110
34 34     Savoca EA 41 Silver, 23 Feb. 2020, lot 207
35 35     Soler y Llach 1096, 4 May 2017, lot 2721
36 36     T. Stoyanov coll., Burgas = Karayotov 162