RPC VII.2, 2494

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2494
Province Lycia-Pamphylia
Region Pamphylia
City Perge
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Tranquillina (Augusta)
Issue Group b
Obverse inscription ϹΑΒΕΙ ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΛΕΙΝΑΝ ϹΕΒ
Edition Σαβεί(νιαν) Τρανκυλλείναν Σεβ(αστήν)
Translation for Sabinia Tranquillina Augusta
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Tranquillina, right, crescent at shoulders
Reverse inscription ΠΕΡΓΑΙΑϹ ΑΡΤΕΜΙΔΟϹ ΑϹΥΛΟΥ
Edition Περγαίας Ἀρτέμιδος ἀσύλου
Translation of Artemis of Perga, the inviolable
Reverse design temple with two columns enclosing cult statue of Artemis Pergaia between star and crescent and flanked by two short columns surmounted by sphinxes; dot or eagle in pediment
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 10.57 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference Watson 694–7
Specimens 8 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1839,0919.399 BMC 51
2 2     B: 18273696, 1845/5133
3 3     Cop SNG 340
4 4     V: GR 33542 (Bachofen 1906, 1983)
5 5     A: Σ.Μ. 1904/05, ΙϚ', 335 Svoronos, JIAN 6 (1903), p. 210, no. 335 (Mavromichali)
6 6     Afyon: 233
7 7     ✸ Yale: 2004.6.3160
8 8     Schulten, 21 Oct. 1986, lot 771