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
Edition Σαβ(ινία) Τρανκυλλίνας Σεβ(αστή)
Translation Sabinia Tranquillina Augusta
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Tranquillina, right
Reverse inscription ΤΡΑΠΕΖΟΥΝΤΙΩΝ ΕΤ ΡΟΘ
Edition Τραπεζουντίων ἔτ(ους) ροθʹ
Translation of the Trapezuntians, year 179
Reverse design horseman (Mithras) riding right; at left, tree; at right, lighted altar and star
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 21.39 g
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.