Mesembria, Tranquillina, 4 unit (CN type 424)
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 424. Obverse: Confronted busts of Gordian III, laureate, wearing cuirass and paludamentum, and of Tranquillina, diademed and draped. Reverse: Demeter standing left, holding ears of corn and torch.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 4 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 26–27.2 mm (from 5 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 12.42 g (mean of 5 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
- Demeter standing left, holding ears of corn and torch.
- 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/424
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 424
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. 408, nr. 79-85
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 1234
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 351, nr. 4188-4189
- external concordance
Research required
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