RPC VII.2, 3150

 

Image of specimen #18

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3150
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
Nominative Sabinia Tranquillina Augusta
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Tranquillina, right
Reverse inscription ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ, Α Μ Κ Γ Β
Reverse design Sandan standing left, on horned lion, enclosed in a pyramidal monument covered by round canopy supported by two figures wearing Phrygian cap; on monument, eagle
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Axis 1, 6, 7, 12
Specimens 26 (14 in the core collections)
Note These coins are certainly the work of two different engravers, each one with a particular style and spelling of Tranquillina's name in Greek.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 293
2 2     L: 1869,0701.13 BMC 294
3 3     L: 1899,0103.52 BMC 295
4 4     P: 1461 SNG 1727 = Wa 4675
5 5     P: Delepierre 6534 SNG 1728
6 6     B: 18274262, Fox
7 7     B: 18274260, 1873 Gansauge
8 8     B: 18274263, B-I
9 9     C: Leake
10 10     C McClean 9126
11 11     G SNG 2346
12 12     G SNG 2347
13 13     NY: 1944.100.55043
14 14     O: Robinson
15 15     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 1422 = Nollé, Götter p. 75, no. 75
16 16     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 1423
17 17     V-ON SNG Leypold 2691
18 18     ✸ C. Rhodes coll.
19 19     CGT coll.
20 20     CNG EA 145, 9 Aug. 2006, lot 216
21 21     CNG EA 206, 11 Mar. 2009, lot 340
22 22     CNG EA 260, 20 July 2011, lot 409
23 23     SNG vA 6057
24 24     Tahberer 1615
25 25     Tahberer 1616
26 26     Tahberer 1617