RPC VII.2, 2807

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2807
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
Edition Σαβινία Τρανκυλ<λ>ίνα Σ{αι}<ε>βαστή
Translation Sabinia Tranquillina Augusta
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Tranquillina, right
Reverse inscription ΑΜΙϹΟΥ [ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΑϹ ΕΤΟΥϹ ϹΟΒ]
Edition Ἀμισοῦ ἐλευθέρας ἔτους σοβʹ
Translation of Amisus, free, of year 272
Reverse design Heracles standing left, holding lion skin and club
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 21.81 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec 142b corr.
Specimens 4 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same rev. die as 2797/1.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1961,0301.42
2 2     P: 1211A SNG 1610
3 3     P: 1211 SNG 1611 = Rec 142b, pl. J, 6, ex Grand Duc coll.
4 4     NY: 1944.100.41371