RPC VII.2, 1185

 

Image of specimen #9

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1185
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Anchialus
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 ΟΥΛΠΙΑΝΩΝ ΑΓΧΙΑΛΕΩΝ
Edition Οὐλπιανῶν Ἀγχιαλέων
Translation of the Ulpian Anchialians
Reverse design temple with four columns enclosing Apollo standing right, holding lyre over tripod
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 11.67 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference AMNG 680; Tachev, Anchialos 622–32
Specimens 16 (1 in the core collections)
Note On the obv., sometimes, ligature ΑΥΓ and letter forms ϹƐΒ.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     V: GR 8428 AMNG 680/1
2 2     Bertolami 67, 11 July 2019, lot 593
3 3     C. Rhodes coll.
4 4     cgb.fr MBS 41, 26 Nov. 2009, lot 693 = Tachev, Anchialos p. 736, pl. 183, no. 624
5 5     CGT coll.
6 6     CNG EA 176, 14 Nov. 2007, lot 208
7 7     CNG EA 340, 3 Dec. 2014, lot 266 = Tachev, Anchialos p. 736, pl. 183, no. 629
8 8     Inasta 41, 13 Sept. 2011, lot 1149
9 9     ✸ Naumann 81, 1 Sept. 2019, lot 244
10 10     Naville Numismatics 17, 13 Sept. 2015, lot 116 = Tachev, Anchialos p. 736, pl. 183, no. 627
11 11     Rauch Summer 2009, 17 Sept. 2009, lot 1072 = Tachev, Anchialos p. 736, pl. 183, no. 625
12 12     Stack's Coin Galleries Apr. 2010, 28 Apr. 2010, lot 218 = Tachev, Anchialos p. 736, pl. 183, no. 623
13 13     Tachev, Anchialos p. 736, pl. 183, no. 622
14 14     Tachev, Anchialos p. 736, pl. 183, no. 630
15 15     Tachev, Anchialos p. 738, pl. 184, no. 631
16 16     Tachev, Anchialos p. 738, pl. 184, no. 632