RPC VII.1, 202.2

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 202.2
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Daldis
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Tranquillina (Augusta)
Magistrate Lucius Aurelius Hephaïstion (first archon for the second time)
Obverse inscription ΦΟΥΡ ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΛƐΙΝΑ ϹΑ
Nominative Furia Tranquillina Augusta
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Tranquillina, r.
Reverse inscription ƐΠ Λ ΑΥΡ ΗΦΑΙϹΤΙΩΝΟϹ ΑΡΧ Α Τ Β ΔΑΛΔΙΑΝΩΝ
Reverse design cult statue of Kore standing facing between two ears of corn, holding ear of corn; bucranium and star on either side of her headdress
Metal Æ
Average diameter 30 mm
Axis 6
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 2: same obv. die as 202.1/1, 203/1.
Note The specimen from the CGT collection clearly shows a bucranium and a star (and not a wreath) on either side of Kore.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
2 2     B: I-B LS p. 62, no. 6
3 3     ✸ CGT coll.