RPC VII.2, 3402

 

Image of specimen #13

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3402
Province Cappadocia
Region Cappadocia
City Caesarea
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Tranquillina (Augusta)
Issue Year Ζ = 7, reduced standard
Dating AD 244
Obverse inscription ϹΑΒ ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΛΙΝΑ ΑΥ
Nominative Sabinia Tranquillina Augusta
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Tranquillina, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡ(Ο) ΚΑΙ(Ϲ) Β Ν(Ε), ΕΤ Ζ
Reverse design six ears of corn tied together
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Axis 5, 6, 11, 12
Reference Ganschow 921b–d; Bland 1996, 198–200; S 618–21
Specimens 53 (13 in the core collections)
Note Rev. legend reads either ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΑΙϹ Β ΝƐ (Ganschow 921d; Bland 1996, 198; S 620 corr.), ΜΗΤΡ ΚΑΙ Β ΝƐ (Ganschow 921c; Bland 1996, 199; S 618, 619 corr., 621a), ΜΗΤΡ ΚΑΙ Β Ν (Ganschow 921b; Bland 1996, 200; S 621b), ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΑΙ Β Ν(Ganschow —; Bland 1996, —) or ΜΗΤΡ ΚΑΙϹ Β ΝƐ (Ganschow —; Bland 1996, —).

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 350 = Bland 1996, 199.1
2 2     P: 745 Bland 1996, 198.3
3 3     P: 744 Wa 6798 = Bland 1996, 199.10
4 4     P: 746 Wa 6799 = Bland 1996, 199.7
5 5     B: 18274425, Löbb. Bland 1996, 198.1
6 6     B: 18274426, I-B Bland 1996, 199.5
7 7     B: 18274427, 1845/5142 Bland 1996, 199.6
8 8     G SNG 2286 = Bland 1996, 200.1
9 9     NY: 1944.100.62501 Bland 1996, 199
10 10     NY: 1938.131.3 Bland 1996, 199.9
11 11     O: Godwyn Bland 1996, 198.2
12 12     V: GR 20206 Bland 1996, 198.5
13 13     ✸ V: GR 20205 Bland 1996, 199.16
14 14     Bern: N/82.1808 SNG Righetti 1808 = Ganschow 921c
15 15     Boston: 67.900 Bland 1996, 199.11
16 16     Tübingen SNG 4707 = Ganschow 921c
17 17     Verona SNG 1848 = Ganschow 921c
18 18     Berk 33, 6 Sept. 1984, lot 283 = Bland 1996, 199.4
19 19     Berk 65, 26 Feb. 1991, lot 665 = Bland 1996, 199.18
20 20     CGT coll.
21 21     Classical Numismatic Review 17/3, 1992, lot 441 = Bland 1996, 199.3
22 22     CNG 21, 26 June 1992, lot 474 = Bland 1996, 199.15
23 23     CNG EA 444, 15 May 2019, lot 282 = Ganschow 921c
24 24     CNG EA 480, 11 Nov. 2020, lot 391 = Ganschow 921c
25 25     Demos 1, 17 Apr. 2021, lot 371
26 26     eBay High rating low price i31783 (accessed May 2021)
27 27     Falghera 2223 = Bland 1996, 198.6
28 28     Falghera 2224 = Bland 1996, 199.17
29 29     Graf Klenau 27 Oct. 1973, lot 2357 = Hirsch 217, 27 Sept. 2001, lot 2093 = Ganschow 921b
30 30     Henseler 1435 = Ganschow 921c
31 31     Henseler 1436 = Jacquier 22, 1989, lot 639 = Ganschow 921d
32 32     Henseler 1437 = Münzzentrum 135, 2007, lot 1021 = Ganschow 921d
33 33     Hess 28 Apr. 1936, lot 218 = S p. 131, fig. 99 = Bland 1996, 198.4
34 34     Hirsch 13 Nov. 1974, lot 301 = Bland 1996, 199.8
35 35     Hirsch 184, 23 Nov. 1994, lot 879 = Bland 1996, 199.15A
36 36     Hirsch 214, 15 Feb. 2001, lot 1787 = Ganschow 921b
37 37     Hirsch 214, 15 Feb. 2001, lot 879 = Ganschow 921b
38 38     Jacquier 48, 18 Sept. 2020, lot 578 = Ganschow 921c
39 39     Kölner Münzkabinett EA 3, 25 June 2017, lot 298 = Kölner Münzkabinett EA 4, 1 Jan. 2018, lot 276
40 40     Künker 257, 10 Oct. 2014, lot 8616 = Ganschow 921c
41 41     Lindgren I, 1731 = Bland 1996, 199.2
42 42     Münzzentrum 136, 18 Apr. 2007, lot 213 = Ganschow 921c
43 43     Münzzentrum 77, 13 Apr. 1994, lot 376 = Bland 1996, 199.11A
44 44     Naumann 75, 3 Mar. 2019, lot 547
45 45     Naumann 78, 2 June 2019, lot 667 = Ganschow 921a
46 46     Ratto, 1 Dec. 1932 (Schwing), lot 698 = Bland 1996, 199.14
47 47     Roma Numismatics EA 7, 26 Apr. 2014, lot 1028 = Roma Numismatics EA 77, 26 Nov. 2020, lot 902 = Ganschow 921c
48 48     Savoca EA 39 Silver, 22 Dec. 2019, lot 188 = Ganschow 921b
49 49     Schenk-Behrens 63, 3 June 1992, lot 597 = Münzzentrum 65, 9 Nov. 1988, lot 281 = Bland 1996, 199.13
50 50     SNG vA 6534 = Bland 1996, 199.12
51 51     Henseler 1435 = Ganschow 921c
52 52     Henseler 1436 = Ganschow 921d = Jacquier 22, 1999, lot 639
53 53     Henseler 1437 = Ganschow 921d = MünzZentrum 135, 10 Jan. 2007, lot 1021