RPC VII.1, 506

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 506
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Lydia
City Tralles
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Tranquillina (Augusta)
Magistrate Marcus Claudius Philippos, son of Kentaurianos (president of the college of the grammateis)
Obverse inscription ΦΡΟΥ ϹΑΒ ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΛΕΙΝΑ
Nominative Furia Sabinia Tranquillina
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Tranquillina, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΓΡ ΤΩΝ ΠΕ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΝ ΚΕΝΤΑΥΡ ΤΡΑΛΛΙΑΝΩΝ
Reverse design Io, veiled and draped, standing left in front of hut, facing Zeus standing left, right hand stretched towards her
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Axis 12
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same pair of dies. 1–3: same obv. die as 504.2/3–6.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     M&M GmbH 15, 21 Oct. 2004, lot 898 (Righetti)
2 2     ✸ CNG EA 274, 22 Feb. 2012, lot 276 = Lindgren I, A842A
3 3     L: 1902,0610.21