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Masembria 12714

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source: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b85869897

Emperor
  • Gordian III
  • Tranquillina
Date
  • 241 - 244 AD
Mint
  • Mesembria
Provinz
  • Thrace
Obverse
  • Symbol Gordian III, Tranquillina
  • Design Confronted busts of Gordian III, laureate, wearing cuirass and paludamentum, and of Tranquillina, diademed and draped.
  • Legend ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ ϹΑΒΙΝ // ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΛΙ/ΝΑ
Reverse
  • Symbol Apollo
  • Julia Maesa
  • Design Apollo standing facing, head left, wearing long garment, holding plectrum in outstretched right hand and lyre with left hand on a tripod to his left.
  • Legend ΜΕϹΑΜΒ-Ρ-ΙΑΝΩΝ
Literature
  • Karayotov
  • Varbanov
Reference
  • Karayotov, The Coinage of Mesambria: Bronze Coins of Mesambria, Sozopol 2009 p. 404, nr. 47-50, pl. 134, pic. 47-50 ❐ Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values II 2. Thrace (from Abdera to Pautalia), Bourgas 2005 p. 350, nr. 4177-4179 ❐ Karayotov, The Coinage of Mesambria: Bronze Coins of Mesambria, Sozopol 2009 p. 404, nr. 47-52 ❐
Weight
  • 10,67

Projekt finansowany przez Ministerstwo Nauki i Szkolnictwa Wyższego w ramach programu NAUKA DLA SPOŁECZEŃSTWA,
nr projektu: NdS/549035/2022/2022.