RPC VII.2, 3146

 

Image of specimen #10

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3146
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Tranquillina (Augusta)
Issue With Tranquillina
Dating AD 241–4
Obverse inscription ϹΑΒ(Ε)ΙΝ(Ε)ΙΑΝ ΤΡΑΝΚΥ(Ι)ΛΛΕΙΝΑΝ ϹΕΒ
Edition Σαβεινείαν Τρανκυλλείναν Σεβ(αστήν)
Translation for Sabinia Tranquillina Augusta
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Tranquillina, right, on crescent
Reverse inscription ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ Α Μ Κ Γ Β
Edition Ταρσοῦ Μητροπόλεως α μ(εγίστης) κ(αλλίστης) γʹ βʹ
Translation of Tarsus, metropolis, the first, the greatest, the most beautiful, (of the) three (eparchies), twice (neocorate)
Reverse design Dionysus standing left, holding cantharus over panther and thyrsus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 15.85 g
Axis 1, 6, 7, 11, 12
Specimens 68 (16 in the core collections)
Note Certainly two engravers, each one with a particular style and spelling of Tranquillina's name in Greek.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1927,0402.17
2 2     L: 1838,0921.129 BMC 292
3 3     P: AA.GR.26065
4 4     P: 1459 SNG 1724
5 5     C: Leake
6 6     C McClean 9127
7 7     C McClean 9128
8 8     G SNG 2345
9 9     Mu
10 10     ✸ NY: 1944.100.55041
11 11     NY: 1984.66.456
12 12     NY: 1944.100.55042
13 13     O: Milne
14 14     O: Christ Church
15 15     V: GR 19271
16 16     V: GR 19270
17 17     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 1417
18 18     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 1418
19 19     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 1419
20 20     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 1420
21 21     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 1421
22 22     Beirut-AUB: C7318
23 23     Bern SNG Righetti 1697
24 24     Leeds-UL: 1611
25 25     Leeds-UL: 1610
26 26     Münster: M 1338
27 27     Side: M 966 Side excavations: Atlan, Side kazıları 180
28 28     V-ON SNG Leypold 2690
29 29     Ayvagediği hoard 89
30 30     Ayvagediği hoard 90
31 31     Ayvagediği hoard 91
32 32     Ayvagediği hoard 92
33 33     Ayvagediği hoard 93
34 34     Ayvagediği hoard 94
35 35     CGT coll.
36 36     CGT coll.
37 37     CGT coll.
38 38     CGT coll.
39 39     CGT coll. = Ares Web 6, 19 Jan. 2020, lot 298
40 40     CNG EA 123, 28 Sept. 2005, lot 53
41 41     CNG EA 192, 23 July 2008, lot 127
42 42     CNG EA 291, 21 Nov. 2012, lot 225
43 43     CNG EA 374, 11 May 2016, lot 392 = Naumann 39, 3 Jan. 2016, lot 757 = Gorny & Mosch 233, 6 Oct. 2015, lot 2103
44 44     CNG EA 90, 26 May 2004, lot 301 = SNG Levante 1148
45 45     CNG MBS 70, 21 Sept. 2005, lot 584 = SNG Levante 1149
46 46     Elsen 117, 15 June 2013, lot 444
47 47     Falghera 2218
48 48     Gorny & Mosch 241, 10 Oct. 2016, lot 1957 = Gorny & Mosch 204, 5 Mar. 2012, lot 1854 = Peus 378, 28 Apr. 2004, lot 1123
49 49     Gorny & Mosch EA 271, 29 May 2020, lot 838 = Rauch Summer 2009, 17 Sept. 2009, lot 1083 = Hirsch 256, 5 May 2008, lot 601
50 50     Grün 63, 15 May 2014, lot 66 = Grün 59, 15 May 2012, lot 166
51 51     Naumann 58, 1 Oct. 2017, lot 394
52 52     Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 38, 6 Dec. 2015, lot 599
53 53     Peus 400, 22 Apr. 2010, lot 551
54 54     Peus EA 420, 18 Nov. 2017, lot 6556
55 55     Rauch EΑ 21, 15 Sept. 2016, lot 169
56 56     Roma Numismatics, 21 May 2013, lot 994 = Roma Numismatics 4, 30 Sept. 2012, lot 2483 = CNG MBS 69, 8 June 2005, lot 1171 = Coin Galleries 77, 25 May 1988, lot 372
57 57     SNG Levante Supp. 289
58 58     SNG vA 6056
59 59     Tahberer 1610
60 60     Tahberer 1611
61 61     Tahberer 1612
62 62     Tahberer 1613
63 63     Tahberer 1614
64 64     Ziegler 790 = Karbach coll.
65 65     Ziegler 791
66 66     Ziegler 792
67 67     Ziegler 793 = Jürging coll.
68 68     Brisbane: 2015