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<p>[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 4600856, member: 110350"]I have one Roman Provincial coin from the reign of Gordian III -- from Anchialus in Thrace, showing Gordian III & Tranquillina on the obverse and Apollo on the reverse -- and found it rather easily in the new online database:</p><p><br /></p><p> <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/48961" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/48961" rel="nofollow">https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/48961</a></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1139468[/ATTACH]</p><p>Here's the description:</p><p><br /></p><p>URI <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/48961" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/48961" rel="nofollow">https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/48961</a><a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/id/rpc-type-48961.jsonld" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/id/rpc-type-48961.jsonld" rel="nofollow">json</a> <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/id/rpc-type-48961.ttl" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/id/rpc-type-48961.ttl" rel="nofollow">ttl</a> <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/id/rpc-type-48961.rdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/id/rpc-type-48961.rdf" rel="nofollow">rdf</a> <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/id/rpc-type-48961.xml" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/id/rpc-type-48961.xml" rel="nofollow">xml</a></p><p>Volume <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/search/browse?volume_id=14" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/search/browse?volume_id=14" rel="nofollow">VII.2</a></p><p>Number — (unassigned; ID 48961)</p><p>Province <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/search/browse?province_id=6" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/search/browse?province_id=6" rel="nofollow">Thrace</a></p><p>Region <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/search/browse?region_id=15" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/search/browse?region_id=15" rel="nofollow">Thrace</a></p><p>City <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/search/browse?city_id=258" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/search/browse?city_id=258" rel="nofollow">Anchialus</a></p><p>Reign <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/search/browse?reign_id=14" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/search/browse?reign_id=14" rel="nofollow">Gordian III</a></p><p>Person (obv.) <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/search/browse?obverse_person_id%5B%5D=36" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/search/browse?obverse_person_id%5B%5D=36" rel="nofollow">Gordian III (Augustus)</a> ; <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/search/browse?obverse_person_id%5B%5D=34" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/search/browse?obverse_person_id%5B%5D=34" rel="nofollow">Tranquillina (Augusta)</a></p><p>Issue <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/search/browse?issue_id=6499" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/search/browse?issue_id=6499" rel="nofollow">Gordian and Tranquillina: with ϹΕΒ</a></p><p>Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟⳞ <u>ΑΥ</u>Γ ⳞΕΒ ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΛΙΝΑ</p><p>Obverse design confronted busts of Gordian III, laureate, draped and cuirassed, r., seen from rear, and Tranquillina, diademed and draped bust, l.</p><p>Reverse inscription ΟΥΛΠΙΑΝ<u>WΝ</u> ΑΓΧΙΑΛΕ<u>WΝ</u></p><p>Reverse design Apollo standing l., holding patera and resting his l. arm on column</p><p>Metal Æ</p><p>Average diameter 27 mm</p><p>Average weight 12.47 g</p><p>Axis 6, 7</p><p>Reference AMNG 656; Tachev, <i>Anchialos </i>152-62</p><p>External URI(s) <a href="https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/4791" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/4791" rel="nofollow">https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/4791</a> *</p><p>Specimens 14</p><p><br /></p><p>* This link doesn't work. I am completely unfamiliar with the "corpus-nummorum.eu" database -- does any of you know anything about it? As of now, it seems to cover only coins from Moesia inferior, Thrace, Mysia, and Troas from various collections and books. It does include Anchialus, but not this coin, at least at present.</p><p><br /></p><p>***</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is my own updated description of my example of this coin (see the boldfaced portion), together with photo:</p><p><br /></p><p>Gordian III with wife Tranquillina, AE 26 mm., 241-244 AD, Thracia, Anchialus [Pomorie, Bulgaria]. Obv. Confronted busts of Gordian III right, laureate, draped and cuirassed, and Tranquillina left, draped and wearing stephane; ΑVT Κ M ANT / ΓOPΔIANOC AVΓ clockwise around; CEB TPAN // KVΛΛINA in exergue; border of dots/ Rev. Apollo standing left, holding patera in right hand; left arm resting on column; ΟΥΛΠΙΑΝωΝ / ΑΓXΙΑΛEωΝ clockwise around; border of dots. <b>RPC [Roman Provincial Coinage] Online, ID 48961 (see <span style="color: #000000"><a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/48961" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/48961" rel="nofollow">https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/48961</a>)</span>;</b> Moushmov 2939 [H. Moushmov, <i>Ancient Coins of the Balkan Peninsula</i> (1912)]; Varbanov II 668 [Ivan</p><p>Varbanov, <i>Greek Imperial Coins And Their Values, Vol. II,</i> <i>Thrace (from Abdera toPautalia</i>) (English Edition) (Bourgas, Bulgaria 2005)]; AMNG II 656 [F. Münzer & M. Strack, <i>Die antiken Münzen von Thrakien, Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands</i> Vol. II (Berlin, 1912)]. 26 mm., 11.91 g.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1139485[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 4600856, member: 110350"]I have one Roman Provincial coin from the reign of Gordian III -- from Anchialus in Thrace, showing Gordian III & Tranquillina on the obverse and Apollo on the reverse -- and found it rather easily in the new online database: [URL]https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/48961[/URL] [ATTACH=full]1139468[/ATTACH] Here's the description: URI [URL]https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/48961[/URL][URL='https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/id/rpc-type-48961.jsonld']json[/URL] [URL='https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/id/rpc-type-48961.ttl']ttl[/URL] [URL='https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/id/rpc-type-48961.rdf']rdf[/URL] [URL='https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/id/rpc-type-48961.xml']xml[/URL] Volume [URL='https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/search/browse?volume_id=14']VII.2[/URL] Number — (unassigned; ID 48961) Province [URL='https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/search/browse?province_id=6']Thrace[/URL] Region [URL='https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/search/browse?region_id=15']Thrace[/URL] City [URL='https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/search/browse?city_id=258']Anchialus[/URL] Reign [URL='https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/search/browse?reign_id=14']Gordian III[/URL] Person (obv.) [URL='https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/search/browse?obverse_person_id%5B%5D=36']Gordian III (Augustus)[/URL] ; [URL='https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/search/browse?obverse_person_id%5B%5D=34']Tranquillina (Augusta)[/URL] Issue [URL='https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/search/browse?issue_id=6499']Gordian and Tranquillina: with ϹΕΒ[/URL] Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟⳞ [U]ΑΥ[/U]Γ ⳞΕΒ ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΛΙΝΑ Obverse design confronted busts of Gordian III, laureate, draped and cuirassed, r., seen from rear, and Tranquillina, diademed and draped bust, l. Reverse inscription ΟΥΛΠΙΑΝ[U]WΝ[/U] ΑΓΧΙΑΛΕ[U]WΝ[/U] Reverse design Apollo standing l., holding patera and resting his l. arm on column Metal Æ Average diameter 27 mm Average weight 12.47 g Axis 6, 7 Reference AMNG 656; Tachev, [I]Anchialos [/I]152-62 External URI(s) [URL]https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/4791[/URL] * Specimens 14 * This link doesn't work. I am completely unfamiliar with the "corpus-nummorum.eu" database -- does any of you know anything about it? As of now, it seems to cover only coins from Moesia inferior, Thrace, Mysia, and Troas from various collections and books. It does include Anchialus, but not this coin, at least at present. *** Here is my own updated description of my example of this coin (see the boldfaced portion), together with photo: Gordian III with wife Tranquillina, AE 26 mm., 241-244 AD, Thracia, Anchialus [Pomorie, Bulgaria]. Obv. Confronted busts of Gordian III right, laureate, draped and cuirassed, and Tranquillina left, draped and wearing stephane; ΑVT Κ M ANT / ΓOPΔIANOC AVΓ clockwise around; CEB TPAN // KVΛΛINA in exergue; border of dots/ Rev. Apollo standing left, holding patera in right hand; left arm resting on column; ΟΥΛΠΙΑΝωΝ / ΑΓXΙΑΛEωΝ clockwise around; border of dots. [B]RPC [Roman Provincial Coinage] Online, ID 48961 (see [COLOR=#000000][URL]https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/48961[/URL])[/COLOR];[/B] Moushmov 2939 [H. Moushmov, [I]Ancient Coins of the Balkan Peninsula[/I] (1912)]; Varbanov II 668 [Ivan Varbanov, [I]Greek Imperial Coins And Their Values, Vol. II,[/I] [I]Thrace (from Abdera toPautalia[/I]) (English Edition) (Bourgas, Bulgaria 2005)]; AMNG II 656 [F. Münzer & M. Strack, [I]Die antiken Münzen von Thrakien, Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands[/I] Vol. II (Berlin, 1912)]. 26 mm., 11.91 g. [ATTACH=full]1139485[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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