RPC VII.2, 3431

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3431
Province Osroene
Region Mesopotamia
City Edessa
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Tranquillina (Augusta)
Issue Colonial coinage
Dating AD 242–4
Obverse inscription ΦΟΥΡ ϹΑΒΙΝΑ ΤΡΑΝΚ ϹΕΒ
Edition Φουρ(ία) Σαβιν<ί>α Τρανκ(υλλίνα) Σεβ(αστή)
Translation Furia Sabina Tranquillina Augusta
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Tranquillina, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤ ΚΟΛ ΕΔΕϹϹΗΝωΝ
Edition μητ(ρόπολις) Κολ(ωνία) Εδεσσηνῶν
Translation metropolis colony of the Edessenes
Reverse design draped, veiled and turreted bust of Tyche, left; in front, Marsyas (?) standing right, on short column, carrying wineskin over shoulder, and altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 15.64 g
Axis 4, 5, 6, 11, 12
Reference Babelon 91
Specimens 22 (17 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: G.2906 BMC 133
2 2     L: 1844,0425.1154 BMC 134
3 3     ✸ L: G.2907 BMC 135
4 4     P: 2131
5 5     P: 2132
6 6     B: 18274978, I-B
7 7     B: 18274977, 1846/5624
8 8     B: 18274980, Knobelsdorff
9 9     B: 18274973, Löbb.
10 10     C McClean 9555
11 11     Cop SNG 222
12 12     G SNG 2570
13 13     NY: 1974.226.205
14 14     NY: 1938.104.135 Bellinger, Hoards 8–9, no. 72
15 15     O: New College
16 16     V: GR 22831
17 17     V: GR 22832
18 18     Leeds-UL: 403
19 19     CGT coll.
20 20     CGT coll.
21 21     CNG EA 169, 25 July 2007, lot 136
22 22     Grün 51, 19 May 2009, lot 57