RPC VII.2, 3188

 

Image of specimen #10

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3188
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Anazarbus
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Tranquillina (Augusta)
Issue Year ΑΞϹ = 261
Dating AD 242/3
Obverse inscription ϹΑΒΕΙΝΙΑ ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΛΕΙΝΑ ΑΥΓΟ
Edition Σαβεινία Τρανκυλλεῖνα Αὐγο(ύστα)
Translation Sabinia Tranquillina Augusta
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Tranquillina, right, crescent at shoulders
Reverse inscription ΑΝΑΖΑΡΒΟΥ ΕΝΔΟΞ ΜΗΤΡ(ΟΠ), Γ Β, ΕΤ ΑΞϹ
Edition Ἀναζάρβου ἐνδόξ(ου) μητροπ(όλεως) γʹ βʹ ἔτ(ους) αξσʹ
Translation of glorious Anazarbus, metropolis (of the) 3 (eparchies), twice (neocorate), of year 261
Reverse design draped bust of Sarapis wearing kalathos, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 18.35 g
Axis 5, 6, 12
Reference Ziegler, Anazarbos, 706–9
Specimens 16 (3 in the core collections)
Note On reverse, ΜΗΤΡΟΠ is variously abbreviated as ΜΗΤΡ, ΜΗΤΡΟ or ΜΗΤΡΟΠ.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 233 SNG 2109
2 2     B: Löbb.
3 3     NY: 2003.25.1
4 4     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 227
5 5     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 228
6 6     Bern SNG Righetti 1508
7 7     V-ON SNG Leypold 2268
8 8     Bennett coll.
9 9     CNG 51, 15 Sept. 1999, lot 937
10 10     ✸ Lanz 123, 30 May 2005, lot 761
11 11     M&M GmbH 19, 16 May 2006, lot 55 = Gorny & Mosch Online 247, 10 Mar. 2017, lot 4544 = Lanz 58, 21 Nov. 1991, lot 829
12 12     SNG Levante 1489 = SNG vA 5503 = CNG EA 106, 19 Jan. 2005, lot 158
13 13     Tahberer 429
14 14     Tahberer 430
15 15     Ziegler 1120
16 16     CGT coll.