RPC VII.2, 3191

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3191
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 ΑΥΓ
Edition Σαβεινία Τρανκυλλεῖνα Αὐγ(ούστα)
Translation Sabinia Tranquillina Augusta
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Tranquillina, right
Reverse inscription ΑΝΑΖΑΡΒΟΥ ΕΝΔΟΞ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕ, ΕΤ ΑΞϹ
Edition Ἀναζάρβου ἐνδόξ(ου) μητροπόλε(ως) ἔτ(ους) αξσʹ
Translation of glorious Anazarbus, metropolis, of year 261
Reverse design draped bust of Selene in front of crescent and seven stars
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 12.17 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference Ziegler, Anazarbos, 693
Specimens 9 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ O: Milne
2 2     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 222
3 3     Kaarst coll.
4 4     Private coll.
5 5     Savoca 20 Blue, 18 May 2019, lot 1375
6 6     Savoca 27 Blue, 28 Dec. 2019, lot 1011
7 7     Schulten Apr. 1988, lot 941
8 8     Tahberer 428
9 9     B. Michaux coll. = Ronesan 17, 29 Dec. 2024, lot 165