SH57019. Bronze AE 26, Varbanov 728, AMNG II 680, cf. Moushmov 2965, Price-Trell -, SNG Cop -, BMC Thrace -, VF, Anchialos (Pomorie, Bulgaria) mint, weight 12.117g, maximum diameter 26.1mm, die axis 180
o, May 241 - 25 Feb 244 A.D.; obverse AYT K M ANT ΓOPΔIANOC AYΓ TPANKYΛ/ΛINANT, confronted busts of Gordian on left, laureate, draped, and cuirassed, and Tranquillina on right, draped and wearing stephane; reverse OYΛΠIANΩN AΓXI/AΛEΩN, tetrastyle temple containing statue of Apollo standing facing, right arm raised over head, holding lyre in left and resting elbow on tripod, pellet in pediment; ex Stack's Coin Galleries auction April 2010, lot 218, ex Cornelius C. Vermeule collection;
very rare;
SOLD