RPC VII.1, 460.1

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 460.1
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Ionia
City Metropolis
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Tranquillina (Augusta)
Magistrate Marcus Iulius Porcius Heraklas (strategos)
Obverse inscription ΦΟΥΡΙΑ ϹΑΒ ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΛΙΝΑ ΕϹΒ (sic)
Edition Φουρία Σαβ(ινία) Τρανκυλλίνα {Ε}Σεβ(αστή)
Translation Furia Sabina Tranquillina Augusta
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Tranquillina, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ Μ ΙΟΥ ΗΡΑΚΛΑ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ στρ(ατηγοῦ) Μ(άρκου) Ἰου(λίου) Ἡρακλᾶ Μητροπολειτῶν
Translation under the strategos Marcus Iulius Porcius Heraklas of the Metropolitans
Reverse design Cybele seated, left, holding patera and resting arm on tympanum; at her feet, lion
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 9.83 g
Axis 6
Specimens 5 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–4: same pair of dies. 1–4: same obv. die as 462.2/3, 463/1–3, 590.2/9–14 (Samos), 591.3/6–7 (Samos), 591.4/8–14 (Samos), 592.2/9 (Samos). 1–4: same rev. die as 442.1/1–2, 450/1–4, 460.2/5.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1646
2 2     ✸ L: G1874,0715.309 BMC 19
3 3     V: GR 31938
4 4     Cop SNG 932
7 7     Tire: 79-37 SNG 269