RPC VII.2, 2853

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2853
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 ΜΗΤΡ ΝΕΟΚΑΙϹΑΡΙΑϹ, ΕΤ ΡΟΗ, ΑΚΤΙΑ
Reverse design altar, inscribed, holding agonistic crown containing palm
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Axis 6
Reference Rec 58; Çizmeli 360 corr., 364 corr.
Specimens 12 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1979,0101.1195 Çizmeli pl. XXVIII, 360
2 2     B: 18272760, Löbb. Rec 58, pl. XIII, 25
3 3     NY: 1944.100.41419
4 4     Amasya: 92.12.119 Ireland 1360
5 5     Istanbul: 1111/63-1978 Çizmeli, Anatolia Antiqua p. 107, no. 29
6 6     Stockholm SNG 1858
7 7     Münzzentrum 47, 1982, lot 109 = Bolaffi Spa 25, 5 June 2014, lot 330 = Çizmeli pl. XXVIII, 364
8 8     Münzzentrum Köln 32, May 1980, lot 19
9 9     Naumann 62, 4 Feb. 2018, lot 428
10 10     Naumann 68, 5 Aug. 2018, lot 260
11 11     Roma Numismatics EA 24, 30 Jan. 2016, lot 298
12 12     Sternberg 15, 1985, lot 506