RPC VII.2, 2567

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2567
Province Lycia-Pamphylia
Region Pamphylia
City Side
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Tranquillina (Augusta)
Obverse inscription ϹΑΒ ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΛΕΙΝΑ ϹΕΒ
Edition Σαβ(ινία) Τρανκυλλεῖνα Σεβ(αστή)
Translation Sabinia Tranquillina Augusta
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Tranquillina, right
Reverse inscription ϹΙΔΗΤΩΝ, ΙΕ[Ρ]ΟϹ
Edition Σιδητῶν ἱερός
Translation of the Sidetans, sacred
Reverse design Athena standing right, holding spear, shield next to her, facing Apollo Sidetes standing left, holding sceptre; between them, lighted altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 16.06 g
Axis 12
Reference Watson 744
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)
Note Described as a homonoia issue between Side and Perge in Kapossy 113, reading the reverse as ϹΙΔΗΤΩΝ ΠƐΡΓΑΙΩΝ ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ. There is possibly an agonistic crown in the exergue of the reverse.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Bern: 92.59 Kapossy 113 corr.
2 2     CGT coll.
3 3     F. Kovacs coll.