RPC VII.2, 471

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 471
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Thessalonica
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Tranquillina (Augusta)
Dating AD 241–4
Obverse inscription ϹΑΒΙΝΙΑ ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΛΙΝΑ ΑΓΟ
Nominative Sabinia Tranquillina Augusta
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Tranquillina, right
Reverse inscription ΘΕϹϹΑΛΟΝΙΚΕΩ ΝΕΩ, ΠΥΘΙΑ
Reverse design Apollo standing left, holding laurel branch and leaning against lyre placed on column around which a serpent is coiled; at feet, agonistic crown with palm branch and five apples
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Axis 1
Reference Touratsoglou 211, no. 429
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Mu Touratsoglou 211/429
2 2     Fischer 168, 17 May 2019, lot 207
3 3     ✸ Schulten, 19 Apr. 1989, lot 619 = Schulten, 11 Apr. 1988, lot 790