RPC VII.1, 224

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 224
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Saitta
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Tranquillina (Augusta)
Magistrate Aurelius Aelius Attalianos (first archon for the second time and son of an asiarch of equestrian rank)
Obverse inscription ΦΡΟΥ ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΛƐΙΝΑ ϹΑΒ
Nominative Furia Tranquillina Augusta
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Tranquillina, r.
Reverse inscription ƐΠΙ ΑΙ ΑΤΤΑΛΙΑΝΟΥ ΥΟΥ ΙΠ ΑϹ ΑΡ ϹΑΙΤΤΗΝΩΝ
Reverse design temple with four columns and rounded pediment enclosing statue of Aphrodite
Metal Æ
Average diameter 29 mm
Axis 6, 12
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–4: same pair of dies. 1–4: same obv. die as 225/1–2, 240/1–2 (Sardis), 241/1 (Sardis).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     VAuctions, London Coin Galleries 3, 10 Nov. 2016, lot 121 = M&M AG 41, 1970, lot 433
2 2     ✸ P: 1092 Wa 5194
3 3     L: 1893,1007.18 BMC 62
4 4     Gotha quoted by Kraft pl. 33, 42a