RPC VII.1, 240

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 240
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Sardis
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Tranquillina (Augusta)
Magistrate Iulius Sulpicius Hermophilos (first archon)
Obverse inscription ΦΡΟΥ ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΛΕΙΝΑ ϹΑΒ
Edition Φουρία Τρανκυλλεῖνα Σεβαστή Φ<ου>ρ(ία) Τρανκυλλεῖνα Σεβ(αστή)
Translation Furia Tranquillina Augusta
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Tranquillina, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΟΥΛ ΕΡΜΟΦΙΛΟΥ ΑΡΧ ϹΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ Β ΝΕΩΚΟΡ
Edition ἐπὶ Σουλπικίου Ἑρμοφίλου ἄρχοντος Σαρδιανῶν βʹ νεωκόρων ἐπὶ Σουλ(πικίου) Ἑρμοφίλου ἄρχ(οντος) Σαρδιανῶν βʹ νεωκόρ(ων)
Translation under Sulpicius Hermophilos archon, of the Sardians, twice neocorate
Reverse design agonistic crown containing palm on tabula inscribed ΧΡVϹΑΝΘΙΝΑ
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 14.37 g
Axis 6
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies. 1–2: same obv. die as 224/1–4 (Saitta), 225/1–2 (Saitta), 241/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L BMC 192
2 2     Schulman NY, 6 June 1969, lot 1842 (Mabbott)