RPC VII.2, 2495

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2495
Province Lycia-Pamphylia
Region Pamphylia
City Perge
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Tranquillina (Augusta)
Issue Group b
Obverse inscription ϹΑΒΕΙ ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΛΕΙΝΑΝ ϹΕΒ
Edition Σαβει(νίαν) 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; eagle in pediment and wreath in exergue
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 13.64 g
Axis 12
Reference Watson 694–7
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     C: Mossop Watson, NC 174 (2014), no. 10
2 2     B. Michaux coll. = Naville Numismatics 57, 26 Apr. 2020, lot 208
3 3     ✸ Pecunem Numismatik Naumann 40, 7 Feb. 2016, lot 482