RPC VII.2, 1230

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1230
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 patera; at his feet, serpent staff
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 10.29 g
Axis 1, 6, 12
Reference Karayotov 60–7
External URI(s) https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/1646
Specimens 19 (1 in the core collections)
Note On the obv., sometimes, no ligature at ΑΥΓ and ϹΕΒ with a lunate sigma.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: R 3846
2 2     Ankara: 123-60/31-91 Sammlungen Türkei 83
3 3     Burgas: A615 Karayotov 64
4 4     Shumen: N BX 204(42) Karayotov 60
5 5     Varna: I 2344 Karayotov 61
6 6     Varna: N I 190 Karayotov 62
7 7     Varna: N I 3171 Karayotov 63
8 8     C. Rhodes coll.
9 9     C. Rhodes coll.
10 10     C. Rhodes coll.
11 11     C. Rhodes coll. = Savoca 81 Blue, 18 July 2020, lot 684
12 12     CGT coll.
13 13     CGT coll.
14 14     CGT coll.
15 15     CNG EA 153, 29 Nov. 2006, lot 115
16 16     ✸ Gorny & Mosch 196, 7 Mar. 2011, lot 2030
17 17     Lanz 74, 20 Nov. 1995, lot 700 = Karayotov 67
18 18     M. Minchev coll., Burgas = Karayotov 65
19 19     Private coll., Burgas = Karayotov 66