RPC VII.2, 3189

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3189
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 ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΛΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑ
Edition Σαβεινία Τρανκυλλίνα Σεβαστή Σαβεινία Τρανκυλλίνα Σεβα(στή)
Translation Sabinia Tranquillina Augusta
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Tranquillina, right, crescent at shoulders
Reverse inscription ΑΝΑΖΑΡΒΟΥ ΕΝΔΟΞ ΜΗΤΡΟ(ΠΟΛ), Γ Β, ΕΤ ΑΞϹ
Edition Ἀναζάρβου ἐνδόξου μητροπόλεως γʹ βʹ ἔτους αξσʹ Ἀναζάρβου ἐνδόξ(ου) μητροπόλ(εως) 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 32 mm
Average weight 18.92 g
Axis 6, 7, 12
Reference Ziegler, Anazarbos, 710–13
Specimens 11 (3 in the core collections)
Note On the reverse, ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛ is variously abbreviated ΜΗΤΡΟ, ΜΗΤΡΟΠ or ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛ.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: Löbb.
2 2     O: Milne
3 3     V: GR 34108
4 4     Washington
5 5     Winterthur
6 6     Fontana coll.
7 7     ✸ H.I. coll.
8 8     Hirsch 154, 1987, lot 683
9 9     Karbach coll. = Auctiones GmbH e#54, 18 Dec. 2016, lot 131
10 10     Leu WA 9, 7 Sept. 2019, lot 758
11 11     Lindgren I, 1443 = Ziegler, Anazarbos 710.2