RPC VII.2, 1946

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1946
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 Athena standing left, holding patera and spear; at feet, shield
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 6.02 g
Axis 6, 11, 12
Reference Rec 719
Specimens 8 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BNK,G.423 BMC 127
2 2     P: 1154 Rec 719, pl. LXXXV, 10, rev.
3 3     Bern: N/82.645 SNG Righetti 645
4 4     V-ON SNG Leypold 192
5 5     ✸ CGT coll. = Saint Paul 8, 9 July 2017, lot 337
6 6     CGT coll. = Savoca London, Blue 5, 11 Aug. 2019, lot 310
7 7     Dix Noonan Webb 139, 15 Feb. 2017, lot 179
8 8     Nimrod Numismatik 4, 14 Dec. 2023, lot 166