241 AD - 244
AD |
AE 27 |
SHH 5873 |
Parameters Obverse Reverse Notes Reference Provenance |
12.26 g 26.2-27.4 mm 2.5 eqmm
1:00
o'clock EF centering + / + On left, draped and cuirassed laureate bust of Gordianus right, facing draped bust of Tranquillina left; AVT K M ANT ΓOΡΔIANΟC AVΓ CE clockwise around; TPANKVΛ / ΛEIN in exergue; border of dots. Serapis wearing polos, standing facing head turned left, right hand raised; he holds long sceptre diagonally; ΟΔΗC / C / Ε / ΙΤΩΝ clockwise around; E in left field; border of dots. Concentric grooves around centering punch on obverse and reverse. AMNG I/2 2376; BMC Thrace ---; Budapest III ---; Copenhagen II 684; Evelpidis I ---; Lindgren I & III ---; Milano VI/3 ---; Moushmov 1696; Sear Greek Imperial ---; Stancomb 855; Tübingen II ---; Varbanov 4599 variant Ex CNG 356E/301, 29.7.2015 |