RPC VII.1, 225

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 225
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 ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΛΕΙΝΑ ϹΑΒ
Edition Φ<ου>ρ(ία) Τρανκυλλεῖνα Σεβ(αστή)
Translation Furia Tranquillina Augusta
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Tranquillina, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΑΥΡ ΑΙ ΑΤΤΑΛΙΑΝΟΥ ΥΟΥ ΙΠ ΑϹ ΑΡ Α Τ Β ϹΑΙΤΤΗΝΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ Αὐρ(ηλίου) Αἰ(λίου) Ἀτταλιανοῦ ὑοῦ ἱπ(πικοῦ) ἀσ(ιάρχου) ἄρ(χοντος) αʹ τὸ βʹ Σαϊττηνῶν
Translation under Aurelius Aelius Attalianus, son of an equestrian asiarch, first archon for the second time, of the Saittians
Reverse design Tyche standing left, holding cornucopia and rudder with ears of corn and poppy
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 11.90 g
Axis 6, 12
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies. 1–2: same obv. die as 224/1–4, 240/1–2 (Sardis), 241/1 (Sardis).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: I-B LS p. 130, no. 13
2 2     Hirsch 204, 1999, lot 770
3 3     ✸ CGT coll. = LAC 39, 18 Nov. 2014, lot 128