RPC VII.2, 1867

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1867
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Prusa ad Olympum
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Tranquillina (Augusta)
Obverse inscription ϹΑΒΕΙΝΙΑ ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΛΕΙΝΑ
Edition Σαβεινία Τρανκυλλεῖνα
Translation Sabinia Tranquillina
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Tranquillina, right
Reverse inscription ΠΡΟΥϹΑΕΩΝ
Edition Προυσαέων
Translation of the Prusaeans
Reverse design female figure seated left, holding scroll, left hand raised to head
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 9.88 g
Axis 1, 2, 12
Reference Rec 157
Specimens 10 (2 in the core collections)
Note Type described in Rec as 'femme drapée (muse?) avec volumen'.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1554 Wa 516 = Rec 157, pl. CII, 23
2 2     ✸ NY: 1944.100.42359
3 3     V-ON SNG Leypold 259
4 4     Yale: 2001.87.11053
5 5     CGT coll.
6 6     Lindgren I, A188B
7 7     Naumann 85, 5 Jan. 2020, lot 258
8 8     Schulten Apr. 1988, lot 852
9 9     SNG vA 881
10 10     B. Michaux coll.