RPC VII.2, 2810

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2810
Province Pontus
Region Pontus
City Amisus
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Tranquillina (Augusta)
Issue Year ϹΟΒ = 272
Dating AD 241
Obverse inscription ϹΑΒΙΝΙΑ ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΙΝΑ ϹΑΙΒΑϹ[ΤΗ]
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 ΕΤ[ΟΥϹ ϹΟΒ]
Edition Ἀμισοῦ ἐλευθέρας ἔτους σοβʹ
Translation of Amisus, free, of year 272
Reverse design Tyche seated left, holding rudder placed on human head and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 26.70 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Rec 142c corr.
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same rev. die as 2801/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1215 SNG 1606 = Rec 142c, ex Grand Duc coll.
2 2     ✸ C: 274-1975
3 3     Ankara: 98-27/1-96 Arslan, Arkeoloji Dergisi 1997, no. 78