Mesembria, Tranquillina, 4 unit — Homonoia enthroned left (CN type 427)
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
AD 241–244
Issuing entity
Thrace4 unit in bronze struck at Mesembria in Thrace under Tranquillina, dated AD 241–244. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 427 (period: Roman Imperial Period; issuing authority type: city).
Obverse: Confronted busts of Gordian III, laureate, wearing cuirass and paludamentum, and of Tranquillina, diademed and draped. Legend: ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ ϹΕΒ ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΛΙΝΑ. Reverse: Homonoia enthroned left, wearing kalathos, holding patera and cornucopia. Legend: ΜΕϹΑΜΒΡΙΑΝΩΝ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 10.32 g (from 1 recorded specimen) and a diameter of 26 mm (from 1 recorded specimen). Published references cited by the corpus: Karayotov, The Coinage of Mesambria: Bronze Coins of Mesambria, Sozopol 2009, p. 410, nr. 116-117, pl. 137, pic. 116-117; Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values II 2. Thrace (from Abdera to Pautalia), Bourgas 2005, p. 352, nr. 4202.
Evidence at a glance
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- Catalogue references
- 2
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Historical context
Mesembria was an ancient city situated on the Black Sea coast in Thrace. During the Roman Imperial Period, this civic coinage was issued under Tranquillina, or Furia Sabinia Tranquillina, daughter of the Praetorian Prefect Timesitheus. Tranquillina was Empress of Rome and the wife of Emperor Gordian III, who ruled the Roman Empire from 238 to 244.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 4 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 26 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 10.32 g (mean of 1 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
- Homonoia enthroned left, wearing kalathos, holding patera and cornucopia.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ ϹΕΒ ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΛΙΝΑ
- Reverse legend
- ΜΕϹΑΜΒΡΙΑΝΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- How to identify
- Check the mint name or ethnic, the reverse type and the legend together, then compare weight and module; types from the same mint often differ only in legend arrangement, magistrate names or control marks.
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/427
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 427
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Recorded
- Issue or mint date
- Recorded
- Material
- Recorded
- Weight
- Recorded
- Mint or printer
- Recorded
- Mint or printer mark
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- Catalogue reference
- Recorded
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- Recorded
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Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 410, nr. 116-117, pl. 137, pic. 116-117
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 352, nr. 4202
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