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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 3172729, member: 75937&quot;]Two new additions to my collection of Gordian and Tranquillina confronted bust types. I think it&#039;s interesting that Homonoia and Serapis look very similar: each wears a conical piece of headgear (Homonoia a <i>polos</i>, though AMNG calls it a <i>kalathos</i>; Serapis a<i> kalathos</i>), stands facing, head left, and holds a patera and cornucopiae. If it weren&#039;t for his beard, Serapis might be mistaken for Homonoia.</p><p><br /></p><p>As always, post comments or anything you feel is relevant!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]815737[/ATTACH]</p><p>Gordian III, AD 238-244, and Tranquillina.</p><p>Roman provincial Æ tetrassarion, 12.51 g, 26.6 mm, 12 h.</p><p>Moesia Inferior, Tomis, AD 241-244.</p><p>Obv: ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟC ΑVΓ·CЄ | ΤΡΑΝΚVΛ | ΛЄΙΝΑ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian, right, facing diademed and draped bust of Tranquillina, left.</p><p>Rev: ΜΕΤΡΟ ΠΟΝΤΟV ΤΟΜΕΩC, Homonoia standing facing, head left, wearing polos and holding patera and cornucopiae; Δ in left field.</p><p>Refs: AMNG I (Pick) 3545; Varbanov 5693; Moushmov 2276; SNG Cop --; BMC --; Lindgren --; Sear --.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]815761[/ATTACH]</p><p>Gordian III, AD 238-244, and Tranquillina.</p><p>Roman provincial Æ (tetrassarion?), 11.72 g, 25.5 mm, 7 h.</p><p>Thrace, Anchialos, AD 241-244.</p><p>Obv: ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟC ꜸΓ CЄB | ΤΡΑΝΚVΛ | ΛEΙΝΑ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian, right, facing diademed and draped bust of Tranquillina, left.</p><p>Rev: ΟVΛΠΙΑΝWΝ ΑΓΧΙΑΛΕWΝ, Homonoia standing facing, head left, wearing kalathos and holding patera and inward-facing cornucopiae.</p><p>Refs: AMNG II (Strack) 650; Varbanov 726; SNRIS Anchialos 14; Moushmov --; SNG Cop --; BMC --; Lindgren --; Sear --.</p><p><br /></p><p>Notes: One interesting feature of this coin is that it bears the inscription ΟVΛΠΙΑΝWΝ before the city name. That inscription is also used with coins from the nearby cities of Serdica and Pautalia in Thrace. It is the adjectival genitive plural form (transliterated into Greek) of the Latin <i>Ulpius</i>, which is the nomen of Trajan (Marcus Ulpius Traianus). The term, OVΛΠIANWN, means &quot;of the Trajanic city&quot; and indicates, if not the founder of the city, the reign in which the city was founded. See Ruzicka, Leon. Die Münzen Von Pautalia: Auszug Aus Dem Vortrage Gehalten in Der Monatsversammlung Der Numismatischen Gesellschaft in Wien Am 27. Oktober 1915. Mechitharisten-Buchdruckerei, 1915, p. 3.</p><p><br /></p><p>Unusual and interesting paleography here. Note the block-form C concluding ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟC in the obverse inscription, but the lunate-form in his title. Similarly, epsilon is used in both lunate and block-form in the obverse inscription. Note, too, the use of block-form omega (W) in the reverse inscription as well as the use of multiple ties: Ꜹ for AV in ꜸΓ and between W and N in ΑΓΧΙΑΛΕWΝ but not in ΟVΛΠΙΑΝWΝ.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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