RPC VII.2, 2808

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2808
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, right
Reverse inscription ΑΜΙϹΟΥ ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΑϹ ΕΤΟΥϹ ϹΟΒ
Reverse design Hermes standing left, holding purse and caduceus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Axis 12
Reference Rec 141
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 2: same rev. die as 2799/1.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1213 SNG 1613
2 2     P: 352 Wa 58 = SNG 1612 = Rec 141, pl. X, 20, rev.
3 3     ✸ Cop SNG 196
4 4     Lanz 144, 24 Nov. 2008, lot 625
5 5     Lindgren III, 138a