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VII.2, 3453
Image of specimen #1
Coin type
URI
https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/7.2/3453
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Volume
VII.2
Number
3453
Province
Mesopotamia
Region
Mesopotamia
City
Nisibis
Reign
Gordian III
Person (obv.)
Gordian III (Augustus)
;
Tranquillina (Augusta)
Dating
AD 243–4
Obverse inscription
ΑΥΤΟΚ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟΝ ϹΑΒ ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΛΙΝΑ Ϲ
Ε
Β
Nominative
Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus (et) Tranquillina Augusta
Obverse design
confronted busts of Gordian III, radiate, draped and cuirassed, right, seen from front, and Tranquillina, diademed and draped bust, left
Reverse inscription
Ϲ
Ε
Π ΚΟΛΟΝ Ν
Ε
ϹΙΒΙ ΜΗΤ
Reverse design
draped, veiled and turreted Tyche, seated left, on rock, with ram left above her, holding ears of corn; below, river god swimming left
Metal
copper-based alloy
Average diameter
33 mm
Axis
6, 12
Specimens
5 (2 in the core collections)
Specimens of this coin type
Number
Number
Obverse
Reverse
Museum
Bibliography
Diameter
Weight
Axis
Note
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1
1
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B: 18275019, 1864/28683
32
23.40
6
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2
2
B: 18275021, Rauch
33
14.79
6
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3
3
B. Michaux coll. = St Paul Antiques 18, 13 Oct 2018, lot 309
32
19.02
12
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4
4
D. Taylor coll.
35
19.37
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5
5
D. Taylor coll.
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