RPC VII.2, 2294

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2294
Province Lycia-Pamphylia
Region Lycia
City Arycanda
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Tranquillina (Augusta)
Obverse inscription ϹΑΒΕΙΝΙΑ ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΛΕΙΝΑ ϹΕ
Edition Σαβεινία Τρανκυλλεῖνα Σε(βαστή)
Translation Sabinia Tranquillina Augusta
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Tranquillina, right, crescent at shoulders
Reverse inscription ΑΡΥΚΑΝΔΕωΝ
Edition Ἀρυκανδέων
Translation of the Arycandeans
Reverse design two figures seated in quadriga, right, one holding sceptre (Zeus?), the other with radiate crown (Helios?), hand raised
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 18.72 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference vA Lykien, 47
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same rev. die as 2284/2.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Boston: 1977.491 SNG vA 4278 = vA Lykien, 47 = Glendining 1950, lot 1862
2 2     Leu WA 19, 26 Feb. 2022, lot 2228