Nisibis in Mesopotamia, 241-244 AD., Gordian III and Tranquillina, Æ 32, cf. BMC 15.
Nisibis in Mesopotamia, Gordian III and Tranquillina, 241-244 AD.,
Æ 32 (31-32 mm / 18,87 g),
Obv.: [ΑVΤΟΚ Κ Îœ ΑÎ(Τ) Γ]ΟΡΔΙΑÎΟN CΑΒINA ΤΡΑÎΚVΛΛΙÎ[Α CЄΒ] , confronted busts of Gordian III, facing right (laureate, draped and cuirassed, seen from rear) and Tranquillina, facing left (draped, wearing stephane in hair).
Rev.: [CEΠKOΛO NE]CIBI MHT , city goddess of Nisibis, wearing turreted crown, veil, chiton and mantle, seated left on rock, holding ears of corn; ram (sign of Aries) leaping left above, at her feet, half-figure of river god swimming left.
cf. BMC Mesopotamia p. 121, 15 ; SNG Cop. 238 var. .