Coin of Seleuceia ad Calycadnum under Gordian III and Tranquillina

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1983.56.208
People: Tranquillina
Gordian III, Roman (r. 238 - 244 CE)
Title: Coin of Seleuceia ad Calycadnum under Gordian III and Tranquillina
Classification: Coins
Work Type: coin
Date: 238-244 CE
Places: Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Seleukeia ad Kalykadnos (Cilicia)
Period: Roman Imperial period, Late
Culture: Roman Provincial
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/177088

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Bronze

Metal

AE

Technique

Struck

Dimensions

19.66 g

Die Axis

6

Inscriptions and Marks

Obverse Inscription: M ANTΩNIOC ΓOPΔIANOC CE KAI CABINIAN TPANKVVΛI CEB
Reverse Inscription: CEΛEVKEΩN TΩ ΠPOC KAΛVKAΔNΩ EΛEVΘEPAC

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: SNG Lev 776; SNG von Aul 5845

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of H. Bartlett Wells, Class of 1929
Accession Year: 1983
Object Number: 1983.56.208
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Obv.: Confronted busts of Gordian III and Tranquillina.
Rev.: Confronted busts of Apollo on r. with branch behind him, and Artemis-Tyche on l.

Verification Level

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