RPC VII.2, 1159

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1159
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 Hera standing left, holding patera and sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 11.10 g
Axis 1, 6, 7
Reference AMNG 652; Tachev, Anchialos 108–14
Specimens 12 (2 in the core collections)
Note On the obv., sometimes: letter form ϹƐΒ, ϹƐΓ (in error), ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΛΙΝΑ without ligature, or ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛEΙΝΑ; on the rev., sometimes, letter forms ΟΥΛΠΙΑΝWΝ ΑΓΧΙΑΛΕWΝ, and sometimes without ligatures.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     O: Pullan
2 2     V: GR 8427
3 3     Ankara: 123-60/57-91 Sammlungen Türkei 60
4 4     C. Rhodes coll.
5 5     C. Rhodes coll.
6 6     CNG EA 368, 10 Feb. 2016, lot 228 = Tachev, Anchialos p. 668, pl. 149, no. 111
7 7     ✸ Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 11, 29 Dec. 2013, lot 390 = Tachev, Anchialos p. 668, pl. 149, no. 110
8 8     Tachev, Anchialos p. 668, pl. 149, no. 108
9 9     Tachev, Anchialos p. 668, pl. 149, no. 109
10 10     Tachev, Anchialos p. 668, pl. 149, no. 112
11 11     Tachev, Anchialos p. 668, pl. 149, no. 113
12 12     Tachev, Anchialos p. 668, pl. 149, no. 114