RPC VII.1, 596

 

Image of specimen #15

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 596
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Miletus
Region Ionia
City Samos
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Tranquillina (Augusta)
Obverse inscription ΦΟΥΡΙΑ ΤΡΑΝΚΥΙΛΛΙΝΑ ϹΕΒ
Nominative Furia Tranquillina Augusta
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Tranquillina, right
Reverse inscription ϹΑΜΙΩΝ
Reverse design Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Axis 1, 6, 7, 8, 12
Specimens 22 (11 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–12: same pair of dies. 13–16: same pair of dies. 1–16: same obv. die as 594.1/2–11, 595/1–2, 597/13–16. 1–12: same rev. die as 585/1–5. 13–16: same rev. die as 585/6–12.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Weber 6335
2 2     Aufhäuser 6, 1989, lot 511
3 3     V: GR 18135
4 4     NY: 1944.100.47577
5 5     P: 3489
6 6     Milan: 1226
7 7     Milan: 7427
8 8     O: Milne
9 9     Mu
10 10     O: Godwyn
11 11     G Hunter 35 = SNG 1802
12 12     Signorelli 1059
13 13     Cop SNG 1766
14 14     Dresden: 1469
15 15     ✸ L BMC 311
16 16     Mu
17 17     Kroll, Athenian Agora 952
18 18     Turin Fabretti 4181
19 19     Karwiese, ‘Ephesos 1983–85’, Anz. Wien 123 (1989), pp. 110–155, no. 328
20 20     P: AA.GR.11367
21 21     CGT coll.
22 22     Mannheim