RPC VII.2, 2569

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2569
Province Lycia-Pamphylia
Region Pamphylia
City Side
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Tranquillina (Augusta)
Obverse inscription ϹΑΒ ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΛΕΙΝΑ Ϲ(Ε)
Nominative Sabinia Tranquillina Augusta
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Tranquillina, right
Reverse inscription ΟΙΚΟΥΜΕΝΙΚΟϹ ϹΙΔΗΤΩΝ
Reverse design Apollo standing right, holding branch and lyre, in front of prize table holding agonistic crown containing one palm; below, amphora and palm
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Axis 1, 7, 12
Reference Watson 741
Specimens 7 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2, 4–7: same obv. die as 2465/1–5 (Etenna), 2466/1–5 (Etenna), 2568/1–3, 2572/1. 3: same obv. die as 2570/1–3, 2573/2–5.
Note Despite the description given in SNG Pfalz, the crown does not seem to be inscribed ΙƐΡΟϹ.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     C: Mossop
2 2     NY: 1944.100.50960
3 3     ✸ V: GR 18848
4 4     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 764
5 5     Bern: N/89.97 Gorny & Mosch 46, 30 Oct. 1989, lot 327
6 6     Side: 8040 Side excavation: theatre
7 7     Winterthur: G 6792 Hirsch 151, 24 Sept. 1986, lot 799