RPC VII.2, 3355

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3355
Province Cappadocia
Region Cappadocia
City Caesarea
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Tranquillina (Augusta)
Issue Year Δ = 4
Dating AD 241
Obverse inscription ϹΑΒΙΝΙΑ ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΛΙΝΑ
Edition Σαβινία Τρανκύλλινα
Translation Sabinia Tranquillina
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Tranquillina, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠ ΚΑΙϹΑ ΕΝΤΙΧ Β Ν ΕΤ Δ
Edition Μητροπόλεως Καισαρείας ἔντιχ(ιον) βʹ ν(εωκόρου) ἔτ(ους) δʹ
Translation of the metropolis of Caesarea, walled, twice neocorate, of year 4
Reverse design inscription in four lines within wreath; bust of Tyche right in centre of first two lines of inscription
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 9.31 g
Axis 12
Reference Ganschow 915a–b; Bland 1996, 144–5; S 617d
Specimens 7 (4 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1970,0909.238 Bland 1996, 144.1
2 2     ✸ P: 741 Bland 1996, 144.2
3 3     NY: 1944.100.62502 Bland 1996, 145.1
4 4     V: GR 36901 Bland 1996, 144.4
5 5     B. Michaux coll. = NSB web 1, 10 Oct. 2020, lot 309
6 6     Henseler 1428 = Ganschow 915a
7 7     Lanz 52, 14 May 1990, lot 629 = Bland 1996, 144.3