RPC VII.2, 2852

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2852
Province Pontus
Region Pontus
City Neocaesarea
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Tranquillina (Augusta)
Issue Year ΡΟΗ = 178
Dating AD 241/2
Obverse inscription ϹΑΒ ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΙΝΑ ϹΕΒ
Nominative Sabinia Tranquillina Augusta
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Tranquillina, right, wearing necklace
Reverse inscription ΚΟΙ ΠΟΝΤ ΜΗ ΝΕΟΚΑΙϹΑ(ΡΙ), ΕΤ ΡΟΗ
Reverse design altar decorated with palm holding agonistic crown containing two palms
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Axis 6, 7
Reference Rec 58b; Çizmeli 358–9 corr., 365
Specimens 14 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 3–4, 9–10, 13: same rev. die as 2819/1, 5, 2820/1. 7–8: same rev. die as 2819/9.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1306 SNG 1763 = Çizmeli pl. XXVIII, 359
2 2     NY: 1974.226.38 Çizmeli pl. XXVIII, 365 = Schulman NY, 6 June 1969 (Mabbott coll.), lot 1034
3 3     Samsun: 2-9-1991 (1691)
4 4     Tokat: 79.1.23.3100 Amandry, Tokat p. 124, no. 6.1.12
5 5     Astarte Fernauktion 28 Oct. 1999, lot 1153 = Finarte Casa D'Aste 995, 26 Nov. 1996, lot 678 (C. Fontana coll.)
6 6     ✸ CNG EA 296, 13 Feb. 2013, lot 152
7 7     Leu 25, 1989, lot 385 = CNG MBS 57, 4 Apr. 2001, lot 796 = Stack's Vermeule, Ward, and Mexico Maxico Collections, 11 Jan. 2010, lot 257 = Çizmeli pl. XXVIII, 358
8 8     M&M AG 41, 1970, lot 335 = M&M AG liste 325, 1971, lot 44
9 9     Müller 63, 1989, lot 153
10 10     Münzzentrum 53, 13 Nov. 1989, lot 1647
11 11     Roma Numismatics EA 8, 31 May 2014, lot 446
12 12     B. Michaux coll. = trade (eBay, 2023) = Schulman N.V. 247, 7 June 1968, lot 2509
13 13     Schulten Apr. 1989, lot 695 = Schulten Mar. 1990, lot 882 = Peus Auctions 410–411, 31 Oct. 2013, lot 670
14 14     T. Mullally coll.