RPC VII.1, 463

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 463
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Ionia
City Metropolis
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Tranquillina (Augusta)
Obverse inscription ΦΟΥΡΙΑ ϹΑΒ ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΛΙΝΑ ΕϹΒ (sic)
Nominative Furia Sabinia Tranquillina Augusta
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Tranquillina, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ ΤΩΝ ΕΝ ΙΩΝΙΑ
Reverse design Tyche standing left, holding figure of Ares and cornucopia; at her feet, lighted altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Axis 5, 6
Specimens 4 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same pair of dies. 1–3: same obv. die as 460.1/1–4, 462.2/3, 590.2/9–14 (Samos), 591.3/6–7 (Samos), 591.4/8–14 (Samos), 592.2/9 (Samos). 1–3: same rev. die as 444/1, 454.1/1–2, 461/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: Dressel 1921
2 2     B: Löbb. ZfN 12 (1885), p. 320, no. 2
3 3     ✸ L: 1925,1007.4
4 4     V: GR 32108