RPC VII.2, 1232

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1232
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 Athena standing left, holding shield resting on ground and spear
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 11.65 g
Axis 6, 7, 12
Reference Karayotov 72–8
External URI(s) https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/469
Specimens 22 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 867
2 2     ✸ B: 18249765, Löbb.
3 3     Amsterdam: GR-02047
4 4     Burgas: N A 1152 Karayotov 77
5 5     Dobrich: N I 2761 Karayotov 76
6 6     Nesebar: N 960 Karayotov 72
7 7     Nesebar: N 959 Karayotov 73
8 8     Shumen: N 1627 Karayotov 74
9 9     Shumen: N BX 204(39) Karayotov 75
10 10     B. Michaux coll.
11 11     C. Rhodes coll.
12 12     C. Rhodes coll.
13 13     C. Rhodes coll.
14 14     C. Rhodes coll.
15 15     CGT coll.
16 16     Falkensee coll.
17 17     M&M GmbH 15, 21 Oct. 2004, lot 141
18 18     Naumann 100, 7 Mar. 2021, lot 324
19 19     Private coll., Burgas = Karayotov 78
20 20     Rauch Summer 2008, 15 Sept. 2008, lot 911
21 21     Savoca 29 Blue, 22 Feb. 2020, lot 704
22 22     Savoca 96 Blue, 27 Feb. 2021, lot 596