RPC VII.1, 670

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 670
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cibyra
Region Phrygia
City Cibyra
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Tranquillina (Augusta)
Issue Year ΘΙϹ = 219
Dating AD 242/3
Obverse inscription ΦΡ ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΛΕΙΝΑ ϹΕΒ
Edition Φ<ου>ρ(ία) Τρανκυλλεῖνα Σεβ(αστή)
Translation Furia Tranquillina Augusta
Obverse design draped bust of Tranquillina, right
Reverse inscription ΚΙΒΥΡΑΤΩΝ, ΘΙϹ
Edition Κιβυρατῶν θισʹ
Translation of the Cibyrates, (year) 219
Reverse design Nike advancing left, holding wreath and palm; in top left field, basket
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 11.20 g
Axis 5, 6
Specimens 15 (10 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–13: same pair of dies. 1–13: same obv. die as 671/1.
Note On the rev., the Ν is retrograde.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     O: New College
2 2     NY: 1956.97.1 J. Hirsch 21, 1908, lot 3498
3 3     ✸ L: 1921,0412.85 Weber 7068
4 4     B: Löbb.
5 5     P: 773
6 6     V: GR 28163
7 7     O: Milne BMC 82
8 8     Schulten June 1982, lot 1080
9 9     C: Leake
10 10     C: CM 380-1948
11 11     P: Delepierre
12 12     Falghera 2153
13 13     Imhoof coll., cast in Winterthur
14 14     Mavromichali, JIAN 6 (1903), pp. 177–268, no. 763
15 15     Elsen 117, 15 June 2013, lot 404