RPC VII.1, 240

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 240
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Sardis
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Tranquillina (Augusta)
Magistrate Iulius Sulpicius Hermophilos (first archon)
Obverse inscription ΦΡΟΥ ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΛΕΙΝΑ ϹΑΒ
Nominative Furia Tranquillina Augusta
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Tranquillina, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΟΥΛ ΕΡΜΟΦΙΛΟΥ ΑΡΧ ϹΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ Β ΝΕΩΚΟΡ
Reverse design agonistic crown containing palm on tabula inscribed ΧΡVϹΑΝΘΙΝΑ
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Axis 6
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies. 1–2: same obv. die as 224/1–4 (Saitta), 225/1–2 (Saitta), 241/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L BMC 192
2 2     Schulman NY, 6 June 1969, lot 1842 (Mabbott)