RPC VII.2, 477

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 477
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, r.
Reverse inscription ΘƐϹϹΑΛΟΝΙΚƐΩΝ ΝƐΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Reverse design temple with two columns enclosing figure of Kabeiros standing facing, head l., holding rhyton and hammer; at his feet, l. and r., elephant tusk
Metal Æ
Average diameter 26 mm
Axis 7
Reference Touratsoglou 213, no. 432
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same rev. die as 431/4.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ C SNG 1998 = Touratsoglou 213/432
2 2     Lanz 109, 27 May 2002, lot 735