RPC VII.1, 212

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 212
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Phrygia
City Cadi
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Tranquillina (Augusta)
Magistrate Aurelius Kleopator II (first archon)
Obverse inscription ΦΟΥ ϹΑΒ ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΛΙΝΑ
Nominative Furia Sabinia Tranquillina
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Tranquillina, right
Reverse inscription ΚΑΔΟΗΝΩΝ ΕΠΙ ΚΛΕΟΠΑΤΟΡ(Ο)
Reverse design temple with four columns and rounded pediment enclosing cult statue of Artemis Ephesia standing between two stags
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Axis 4, 5, 6
Specimens 8 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same pair of dies. 1–4: same obv. die as 213/1–3, 214/1–6, 215/1.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1903,0204.97 BMC 38
2 2     SNG vA 3691
3 3     B: I-B KM p. 248, no. 5
4 4     Boston: 63.1140
5 5     Afyon: 1527
6 6     CNG EA 446, 19 June 2019, lot 221
7 7     R. Hoppensteadt coll. = Naumann 98, 3 Jan. 2021, lot 549
8 8     BAC Numismatics EA 43, 8 - 9 Nov. 2022, lot 96