RPC VII.1, 148

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 148
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Mysia
City Germe
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Tranquillina (Augusta)
Magistrate Aelius Aristonikos (strategos)
Obverse inscription ΦΟΥΡ ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΛΙΝΑ ϹΑΒ
Edition Φουρ(ία) Τρανκυλλῖνα Σαβ(ινία)
Translation Furia Tranquillina Augusta
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Tranquillina, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΑΙΛ ΑΡΙϹΤΟΝΕΙΚ ΓΕΡΜΗΝΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ Αἰλ(ίου) Ἀριστονείκ(ου) Γερμηνῶν
Translation under Aelius Aristonikos, of the Germenians
Reverse design Apollo standing in biga drawn by two griffins, right, holding lyre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 12.50 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Ehling 289
Specimens 8 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–8: same pair of dies. 1–8: same obv. die as 147/1–4, 149.1/1–2, 150/1–2, 151/1, 152.1/1–7, 152.2/8, 152.3/9–10, 153/1–3.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: 18262398, Löbb LS p. 70, no. 7
2 2     V: GR 34539
3 3     Plankenhorn coll. = Plankenhorn 28 = Leu EA 27, 9 Sept. 2023, lot 1048
4 4     Boston: 64.1342
5 5     Lindgren I, 732
6 6     L: 1894,0706.37 BMC Lydia 41
7 7     Mu LS p. 70, no. 7
8 8     Tkalec Rauch Nov. 1989, lot 387