RPC VII.2, 3155

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3155
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Adana
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Tranquillina (Augusta)
Issue With Tranquillina
Dating AD 241–4
Obverse inscription ϹΑΒΕΙΝ ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΛΕΙΝΑΝ ϹΕΒ
Nominative Sabinia Tranquillina Augusta
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Tranquillina, right
Reverse inscription ΑΔΡΙΑΝΩΝ ΑΔΑΝΕΩΝ
Reverse design Aphrodite standing facing, head right, holding wreath (?) and patera (?); at left, Eros flying towards her; at feet, right, another Eros seated on cippus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Axis 2, 7
Reference Levante, Adana 223
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 38 SNG 1880
2 2     ✸ F. Jarman coll.