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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 3528843, member: 75937&quot;]I am having a terrible time identifying the figure on the reverse of this pentassarion from Mesembria in Thrace! I&#039;ve done a search at acsearchinfo, looked at Wildwinds, online Moushmov, Lindgren, Wiczay, Mionnet supplement 2, and the BMC catalog and nothing!</p><p><br /></p><p>Does anyone know which deity this is? Anyone have Varbanov or Karayotov? Anyone know of a reference for this coin? Any help appreciated! Thanks!</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s the coin:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]937721[/ATTACH]</p><p>Gordian AD 238-244 and Tranquillina.</p><p>Roman provincial Æ 28.6 mm, 11.36 g, 7 h.</p><p>Thrace, Mesembria, AD 241-244.</p><p>Obv: ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟC ΑVΓ CΕΒ-ΤΡΑΝΚVΛ|ΛΙΝΑ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian and draped bust of Tranquillina, wearing stephane, confronted.</p><p>Rev: ΜΕCΑΜΒΡ-Ι-ΑΝΩΝ, Demeter standing left, wearing stephane, holding phiale and long torch.</p><p>Refs: Varbanov 4190, citing Karajatov 83; SNG Copenhagen --; BMC --; Moushmov --; Lindgren --; Mionnet suppl 2 --; Sear --; Wiczay --.</p><p><br /></p><p>The only standing female deity I can find on coins of Gordian and Tranquillina from this city who holds a patera is Homonoia -- but she wears a modius and holds a cornucopia:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]937719[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Interestingly, the obverse die has some damage and is a match to the obverse die of <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1595751" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1595751" rel="nofollow">this coin</a> sold by Roma:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]937734[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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