RPC VII.2, 3868

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3868
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Tranquillina (Augusta)
Issue LϚ = year 6
Dating AD 242/3
Obverse inscription ϹΑΒ ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΛΕΙΝΑ ϹΕΒ
Nominative Sabinia Tranquillina Augusta
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Tranquillina, right
Reverse inscription L - Ϛ
Reverse design draped bust of Sarapis, right, wearing kalathos; behind, sceptre
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Axis 3, 11, 12
Reference D 4834; Geissen 2690
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)
Note This is identical to https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/2605 but the reverse is retrograde (probably by an engraver’s error).

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 3197
2 2     B: 18275526, Löbb.
3 3     Cologne Geissen 2690
4 4     ✸ CNG EA 355, 15 July 2015, lot 442
5 5     Figari & Mosconi 1433 = Blançon FPL 31, 1999, lot 451 = D 4834
6 6     Malloy 14, 2 July 1979, lot 519