RPC VII.2, 2869

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2869
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 Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia; star in field to right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Reference Rec —; Wojan, Trapézonte 128
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same rev. die as 2867/1–3.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ CNG 22, 2 Sept. 1992, lot 568 = Wojan 128.a
2 2     Egger 28 Nov. 1904, lot 955 (Prowe I) = Wojan 128.b
3 3     Found in Ukraine, info K. Myzgin