RPC VII.2, 1245

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1245
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 Nemesis standing left, holding cubit rule and cornucopia; at feet, wheel
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 11.79 g
Axis 6
Reference Karayotov 128–32
Specimens 7 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1921,0213.135
2 2     Nesebar: N 957 Karayotov 128
3 3     Shumen: N 2141 Karayotov 129
4 4     ✸ J. Bajer coll.
5 5     J. Bajer coll.
6 6     M. Minchev coll., Burgas = Karayotov 130
7 7     Münzzentrum 85, 27 Mar. 1996, lot 240