Mesembria, Tranquillina, 4 unit (CN type 421)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
241-244 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thrace4 unit in bronze struck at Mesembria in Thrace under Tranquillina dated 241-244 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 421. Obverse: Confronted busts of Gordian III, laureate, wearing cuirass and paludamentum, and of Tranquillina, diademed and draped. Reverse: Asclepius standing facing, holding serpent-staff in right hand.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 4 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 24–27 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 10.9 g (mean of 2 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
- Asclepius standing facing, holding serpent-staff in right hand.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑVΓ ϹΕΒ ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΛΙΝΑ
- Reverse legend
- ΜΕϹΑΜΒΡΙΑΝΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/421
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 421
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Documented
- Issue or mint date
- Documented
- Material
- Documented
- Weight
- Documented
- Mint or printer
- Documented
- Mint or printer mark
- Research required
- Catalogue reference
- Documented
- Licensed photograph
- Documented
Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 406, nr. 60-70, pl. 135, pic. 60-70
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 350, nr. 4182
Research required
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