RPC VII.2, 2805

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2805
Province Pontus
Region Pontus
City Amisus
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Tranquillina (Augusta)
Issue Year ϹΟΒ = 272
Dating AD 241
Obverse inscription ϹΑΒΙΝΙΑ ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΙΝΑ ϹΑΙΒΑϹΤΗ
Nominative Sabinia Tranquillina Augusta
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Tranquillina, r.
Reverse inscription ΑΜΙϹΟΥ ƐΛƐΥΘƐΡΑϹ, ƐΤΟΥϹ ϹΟΒ
Reverse design Dionysus standing l., holding indistinct object (patera?) and thyrsus
Metal Æ
Average diameter 36 mm
Axis 6, 12
Reference Rec 142a corr.
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same rev. die as 2796/1.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1212 SNG 1609 = Rec 142a, ex Grand Duc coll.
2 2     ✸ CGT coll. = Ritter Lagerliste 95, Oct. 2014, lot 520