RPC VII.2, 3204

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3204
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Anazarbus
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Tranquillina (Augusta)
Issue Year ΒΞϹ = 262
Dating AD 243/4
Obverse inscription ϹΑΒΕΙΝΙΑ ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΛΕΙΝΑ ΑΥΓ
Edition Σαβεινία Τρανκυλλεῖνα Αὐγούστα Σαβεινία Τρανκυλλεῖνα Αὐγ(ούστα)
Translation Sabinia Tranquillina Augusta
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Tranquillina, right
Reverse inscription ΑΝΑΖΑΡΒΟΥ ΕΝΔΟΞ ΜΗΤΡΟ, ΕΤ ΒΞϹ, Γ Β
Edition Ἀναζάρβου ἐνδόξου μητροπόλεως ἔτους βξσʹ γʹ βʹ Ἀναζάρβου ἐνδόξ(ου) μητρο(πόλεως) ἔτ(ους) βξσʹ γʹ βʹ
Translation of glorious Anazarbus, metropolis, year 262, (of the) 3 (eparchies), twice (neocorate)
Reverse design Athena standing left, holding spear around which is coiled a serpent, hand on shield at feet
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 19.13 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Ziegler, Anazarbos, 722
Specimens 9 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 232 SNG 2111
2 2     Leeds-UL: 1603
3 3     V-ON SNG Leypold 2267
4 4     CGT coll. = CNG EA 398, 31 May 2017, lot 419
5 5     CNG 45, 18 Mar. 1998, lot 878
6 6     ✸ CNG EA 342, 14 Jan. 2015, lot 421
7 7     Marcinkowski coll.
8 8     Naumann 62, 4 Feb. 2018, lot 599
9 9     CNG EA 584, 2 Apr. 2025, lot 493