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Mesembria, Tranquillina, 4 unit (CN type 238)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

241-244 n. Chr.

Issuing entity

Thrace

4 unit in bronze struck at Mesembria in Thrace under Tranquillina dated 241-244 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 238. Obverse: Confronted busts of Gordian III, laureate, wearing cuirass and paludamentum, and of Tranquillina, diademed and draped. Reverse: Two dancing Korybanti holding sword and shield.

Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Denomination
4 unit
Recorded diameter
24–28 mm (from 9 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
11.63 g (mean of 7 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Mesembria
Region
Thrace
Authority type
City
Issuing authority
Tranquillina

Design

Obverse type
Confronted busts of Gordian III, laureate, wearing cuirass and paludamentum, and of Tranquillina, diademed and draped.
Reverse type
Two dancing Korybanti holding sword and shield.
Obverse legend
ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ ϹΕΒ ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΛΙΝΑ
Reverse legend
ΜΕϹΑΜΒΡΙΑΝΩΝ

Identification

Period
Roman Imperial Period
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/238
Type corpus identifier
CN type 238

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