RPC VII.2, 2791

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2791
Province Pontus
Region Paphlagonia
City Sinope
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Tranquillina (Augusta)
Issue Without date
Obverse inscription TRANQVILLINA AVG
Edition Tranquillina Aug(usta)
Translation Tranquillina Augusta
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Tranquillina, right
Reverse inscription C I F S
Edition c(olonia) I(ulia) F(elix) S(inope)
Translation Colony Julia Felix Sinope
Reverse design arched shrine with two columns enclosing figure of Nemesis (?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 4.72 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Rec 159
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Note Rec 159 does not differentiate between the arched shrine and the more temple looking facade, subdivided here into types https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/19564 and https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/19565.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 818bis SNG 657 = Rec 159, pl. XXVIII, 22
2 2     Amsterdam: GR-05045
3 3     ✸ CGT coll.