RPC VII.2, 2868

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2868
Province Pontus
Region Pontus
City Trapezus
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Tranquillina (Augusta)
Issue Year ΡΟΘ = 179
Dating AD 242/3
Obverse inscription ϹΑΒ ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΛΙΝΑϹ ϹΕΒ
Nominative Sabinia Tranquillina Augusta
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Tranquillina, right
Reverse inscription ΤΡΑΠΕΖΟΥΝΤΙΩΝ ΕΤ ΡΟΘ
Reverse design horseman (Mithras) riding right; at left, tree; at right, lighted altar and star
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Axis 5, 6
Reference Rec 53 corr., 53a; Wojan, Trapézonte 129–30
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 4: same pair of dies. 1, 4: same obv. die as 2874/1–2. 1, 4: same rev. die as 2866/2.
Note Rec 53 describing a misread coin from the Grand Duc coll. (Paris SNG 1972), with the impossible date ΡΟƐ.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1412 SNG 1972 = Wojan 130.a = Rec 53 corr., ex Grand Duc coll.
2 2     NY: 1974.226.40 Wojan 129.a
3 3     Heritage Monthly 61160, 10 May 2020, lot 97045
4 4     ✸ SGR coll.