RPC VII.2, 471

 

Image of specimen #3

 

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
Edition Σαβίνια Τρανκυλλίνα Α<ὐ>γο(ύστα)
Translation Sabinia Tranquillina Augusta
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Tranquillina, right
Reverse inscription ΘΕϹϹΑΛΟΝΙΚΕΩ ΝΕΩ, ΠΥΘΙΑ
Edition Θεσσαλονικέω(ν) νεω(κόρων) Πυθία
Translation of the Thessalonians, neocorate, Pythia
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
Average weight 9.12 g
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