RPC VII.2, 472

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 472
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 ΘΕϹϹΑΛΟΝΙΚΕΩΝ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Edition Θεσσαλονικέων νεωκόρων
Translation of the Thessalonians, neocorate
Reverse design laurel wreath enclosing inscription in five lines; on top, between the laurels, five apples
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 9.55 g
Axis 1, 6, 7
Reference Touratsoglou 216, nos 437–9
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1944.100.11917 SNG 886 = Touratsoglou 216/439
2 2     Budapest: 2A/1930.306 Touratsoglou 216/438
3 3     CNG EA 415, 28 Feb. 2018, lot 433 = CNG EA 212, 17 June 2009, lot 168
4 4     Thessalonica Lefkochori Hoard 1970 = Touratsoglou 216/437
5 5     Aphrodite Art Coins 12, 8–9 July 2023, lot 389