RPC VII.1, 396.1

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 396.1
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 ΑΡΤΕΜΙϹ ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ
Reverse design Artemis standing in biga drawn by galloping stags, left, drawing arrow from quiver at shoulder and holding bow
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Axis 6
Reference Karwiese 928
Specimens 6 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies. 1–2: same obv. die as 391/1, 3–4, 392.1/1–6, 393.1/1, 393.2/2, 394/1–2, 395.1/1–4, 395.2/5–6, 397.1/1, 398.1/2–5, 398.2/6. 3: same obv. die as 396.2/4–6, 397.2/2–3, 398.1/1, 461/1 (Metropolis), 462.1/1–2 (Metropolis). 1–3: same rev. die as 375/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 990
2 2     L BMC 336
3 3     NY: 1944.100.46159
7 7     ✸ Peus 366, 29 Oct. 2000, lot 629 (M. Burstein)
8 8     Gorny & Mosch 233, 6 Oct. 2015, lot 1943
9 9     CNG EA 482, 16 Dec. 2020, lot 283