RPC VII.2, 2947

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2947
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Trachea
City Elaeusa-Sebaste
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Tranquillina (Augusta)
Obverse inscription ϹΑΒΙΝΙΑ ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΛΙΝΑ ΑΥΓ
Edition Σαβινία Τρανκυλλίνα Αὐγ(ούστα)
Translation Sabina Tranquillina Augusta
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Tranquillina, right
Reverse inscription ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ ΙΕΡΑ ΑΥΤΟΝ ΝΑΥΑΡΧΙϹ
Edition Σεβαστὴ ἱερὰ αὐτόν(ομος) ναυαρχίς
Translation Sebaste, sacred, autonomous, navarch
Reverse design helmeted bust of Athena, left, wearing aegis
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 24.59 g
Axis 1, 5
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1576 SNG 1177
2 2     P: Chandon de Briailles 1690 SNG 1177A
3 3     C. Fontana, ‘Note su alcune monete inedite o poco conosciute della serie urbica greca coniate durante l'imperio Romano IV’, RIN 77 (1975), p. 146, no. 19