RPC VII.1, 589.1

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 589.1
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Miletus
Region Ionia
City Samos
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Tranquillina (Augusta)
Obverse inscription ΦΟΥΡΙΑ ϹΑΒΙΝΑ ΤΡΑΝΚΥΙΛΛΙΝΑ ϹΕΒ
Nominative Furia Sabinia Tranquillina Augusta
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Tranquillina, right
Reverse inscription ϹΑΜΙΩΝ
Reverse design Samian Hera standing facing between two peacocks
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Axis 6, 12
Specimens 4 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same pair of dies. 1–3: same obv. die as 590.1/1–7, 591.1/1–3, 591.2/4–5, 592.1/1–2, 4–8, 592.3/1–7.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 3477
2 2     P: 3478
3 3     Ball 39, 1937, lot 1841
4 4     P: AA.GR.24958