RPC VII.2, 3329

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3329
Province Cappadocia
Region Cappadocia
City Caesarea
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Tranquillina (Augusta)
Issue Year Δ = 4
Dating AD 241
Obverse inscription ϹΑΒΙΝΙΑ ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΛΙΝΑ ΑΥ
Edition Σαβινία Τρανκυλλίνα Αὐγούστα Σαβινία Τρανκυλλίνα Αὐ(γούστα)
Translation Sabina Tranquillina Augusta
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Tranquillina, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΑΙϹ(Α) Β Ν(Ε), ΕΤ Δ
Edition μητροπόλεως Καισαρίας βʹ νεωκόρου ἔτους δʹ μητρο(πόλεως) Καισα(ρίας) βʹ νε(ωκόρου) ἔτ(ους) δʹ
Translation of metropolis Caesarea, twice neocorate, year 4
Reverse design view of Mount Argaeus; to left, pellet
Metal silver
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 3.51 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Ganschow 910c–d; Bland 1991a, 59–60
Specimens 10 (0 in the core collections)
Note Rev. legend reads ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΑΙϹ Β Ν (Ganschow 910c; Bland 1991a, 59) or ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΑΙϹΑ Β ΝƐ (Ganschow 910d; Bland 1991a, 58/7).

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     CNG 94, 18 Sept. 2013, lot 903 = Ganschow 910d
2 2     Emporium Hamburg 84, 2 Mar. 2019, lot 282 = Ganschow 910d
3 3     Gorny & Mosch 232, 5 Oct. 2015, lot 338 = Ganschow 910d
4 4     Henseler 1425 = Gorny & Mosch 219, 10 Mar. 2014, lot 334 = Ganschow 910d
5 5     Künker 248, 14 Mar. 2014, lot 7569 = Ganschow 910d
6 6     Münzzentrum Rheinland 168, 27 Dec. 2013, lot 320 = Ganschow 910d
7 7     ✸ NAC 78, 26 May 2014, lot 2376 = Ganschow 910d
8 8     NFA 6, 1979, lot 839 = Leu 13, 1975, lot 477 = Bland 1991a, 59.1
9 9     Pegasi 29, 6 Nov. 2013, lot 316 = Ganschow 910d
10 10     Roma Numismatics EA 61, 22 Aug. 2019, lot 537 = Ganschow 910d