RPC VII.2, 3393


Image of specimen #5

Coin type
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Volume	VII.2
Number	3393
Province	Cappadocia
Region	Cappadocia
City	Caesarea
Reign	Gordian III
Person (obv.)	Tranquillina (Augusta)
Issue	Year Ϛ = 6
Dating	AD 243
Obverse inscription	ϹΑΒΙΝΙ ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΙΝΑ Ϲ
Edition	Σαβινί(α) Τρανκυλλίνα Σ(εβαστή)
Translation	Sabinia Tranquillina Augusta
Obverse design	diademed and draped bust of Tranquillina, right
Reverse inscription	ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΑΙϹ(Α) Β Ν, ΕΤ Ϛ
Edition	Μητρο(πόλεως) Καισα(ρείας) βʹ ν(εωκόρου) ἔτ(ους) ϛʹ
Translation	of the metropolis Caesarea, twice neocorate, of year 6
Reverse design	view of Mount Argaeus set on altar containing wreath
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	26 mm
Average weight	9.84 g
Axis	6, 12
Reference	Ganschow 918b; Bland 1996, 176
Specimens	6 (1 in the core collections)
Note	The date, ƐΤ Ϛ, is either in the exergue (Ganschow 919; Bland 176) or the letters are on either side of the altar (Ganschow 920; Bland 1996, —).

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1	Mu: 120	Bland 1996, 176.1	25	10.05	12	Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show
2	2		Henseler 1432 = Ganschow 919	26	9.68	6	Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show
3	3		Henseler 1433 = CNG 54, 2000, lot 1172 = Ganschow 920	25	9.47	12	Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show
4	4		Henseler 1433A = Pompei Ancient Numismatic EA 2, 3 Dec. 2021, lot 582	27	10.56	12	Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show
5	5 ✸		Naumann 75, 3 Mar. 2019, lot 546 = Ganschow 919	25	10.73		Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show
6	6		Sternberg 29 Nov. 1974, lot 236 = Bland 1996, 176.2	26	8.52		Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show