RPC VII.1, 391

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 391
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Ionia
City Ephesus
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Tranquillina (Augusta)
Obverse inscription ΦΡΟΥ ϹΑΒΕΙ ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΛΕΙΝΑ
Nominative Furia Sabinia Tranquillina
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Tranquillina, right
Reverse inscription ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ ΠΡΩΤΩΝ ΑϹΙΑϹ
Reverse design Artemis advancing right, drawing arrow from quiver at shoulder and holding bow; at her feet, dog running, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Axis 6
Reference Karwiese 924
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 3–4: same pair of dies. 1, 3–4: same obv. die as 392.1/1–6, 393.1/1, 393.2/2, 394/1–2, 395.1/1–4, 395.2/5–6, 396.1/1–2, 397.1/1, 398.1/2–5, 398.2/6. 1, 3–4: same rev. die as 373B/1.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L BMC 339
2 2     M. von Bahrfeldt, Sammlung römischer Münzen der Republik und des Westkaiserreiches (Halle, 1922), 1009
3 3     V: GR 34895
4 4     P: 988
8 8     Tire: 85-11 SNG 186