RPC VII.2, 2949

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2949
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 ΙΕΡ ΑϹ ΑΥΤ ΝΑΥΑΡΧΙϹ, ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΑϹ
Edition Σεβαστὴ ἱερ(ὰ) ἄσ(υλος) αὐτ(όνομος) ναυαρχὶς ἐλευθέρας
Translation Sebaste, sacred, inviolable, autonomous, navarch, free (city)
Reverse design turreted, veiled and draped bust of Tyche, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 23.09 g
Axis 7, 12
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1575 SNG 1176
2 2     B: 18273888, Löbb.
3 3     ✸ CNG MBS 66, 19 May 2004, lot 1163 = SNG Levante Supp. 233 = Gorny 52, 6 Nov. 1990, lot 346
4 4     Künker FPL 107, 1994, lot 95
5 5     Peus FPL 4, June 1968, lot 77
6 6     Finarte Casa D'Aste 995, 26 Nov. 1996, lot 1195 (C. Fontana coll.)