RPC VII.2, 1942

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1942
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Tranquillina (Augusta)
Obverse inscription ϹΑΒ ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΛΙΝΑ Ϲ
Edition Σαβ(ινία) Τρανκυλλίνα Σ(εβαστή)
Translation Sabinia Tranquillina Augusta
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Tranquillina, right
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
Edition Νικαιέων
Translation of the Nicaeans
Reverse design Asclepius standing facing, head left, holding serpent staff
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 5.98 g
Axis 12
Reference Rec 721
Specimens 8 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: G3,RICM.390 BMC 128 = Rec 721, pl. LXXXV, 12, rev.
2 2     C McClean 7504
3 3     V: GR 37282
4 4     Freiburg: 11655
5 5     ✸ CNG 88, 14 Sept. 2011, lot 854
6 6     Frankfurter Münzhandlung GmbH 135, 14 Nov. 1990, lot 183 = Aufhäuser Oct. 1985, lot 336
7 7     SNG vA 661
8 8     Numisfitz 4, 8–9 June 2024, lot 700