RPC VII.2, 2323

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2323
Province Lycia-Pamphylia
Region Lycia
City Limyra
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Tranquillina (Augusta)
Issue Series 2
Obverse inscription ϹΑΒΙΝΕΙΑ ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΛΕΙΝΑ ϹΕΒ
Nominative Sabinia Tranquillina Augusta
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Tranquillina, right, crescent at shoulders; below, star
Reverse inscription ΛΙΜΥΡΕωΝ
Reverse design Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Axis 11, 12
Reference vA Lykien, —
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Note The original die of the tooled coin in L is identical to e.g. https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/21634/https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/105321, reading ϹΑΒ ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΛƐΙΝΑ ϹƐΒ, which would imply that a coin type with Tyche and such a legend might exist.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 14 = vA Lykien, 133
2 2     ✸ CGT coll. = Gorny & Mosch 196, 7 Mar. 2011, lot 2150