RPC VII.2, 1960

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1960
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Tranquillina (Augusta)
Obverse inscription ϹΑΒΕΙ ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΛΕΙΝΑ
Edition Σαβει(νία) Τρανκυλλεῖνα
Translation Sabinia Tranquillina
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Tranquillina, right
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
Edition Νικαιέων
Translation of the Nicaeans
Reverse design Sarapis standing left, raising right arm and holding sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 6.55 g
Axis 1, 2
Reference Rec 718
Specimens 6 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–6: same obv. die as 1880/1–9, 11–12 (Cius), 1881/1 (Cius), 1882/1 (Cius), 1943/1–4, 1948/1, 1965/1.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1844,0425.857 BMC 126 = Kraft pl. 103, 52a
2 2     B: 18273442, 1847/7924 Rec 718, pl. LXXXV, 11
3 3     C: 235-1948
4 4     CNG Coin Shop 788923
5 5     Falghera 2111
6 6     Gorny & Mosch EA 306, 16 Oct. 2024, lot 1421 (W. Weiser coll.) = Gorny & Mosch 156, 5 Mar. 2007, lot 1758