RPC VII.1, 242.2

 

Image of specimen #9

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 242.2
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Sardis
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Tranquillina (Augusta)
Obverse inscription ΦΟΥΡ ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΛΕΙΝΑ ϹΑ
Edition Φουρ(ία) Τρανκυλλεῖνα Σα(βεῖνια)
Translation Furia Tranquillina Sabinia
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Tranquillina, right
Reverse inscription ϹΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ Β ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Edition Σαρδιανῶν β νεωκόρων
Translation of the Sardians, twice neocorate
Reverse design Demeter standing left, holding ears of corn and long torch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 4.68 g
Axis 6, 7
Specimens 7 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 6–7: same pair of dies. 8–9: same pair of dies. 6–9: same obv. die as 226/1, 3–9 (Saitta), 227/1–19 (Saitta), 242.1/1–5, 243/1–10.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
6 6     G Hunter 30 = SNG 1983
7 7     O: Christ Church
8 8     V-ON SNG Leypold I, 1237
9 9     ✸ V: GR 32884
12 12     Plankenhorn coll.
13 13     Goethe Universität: G3613ar
14 14     N&N London EA 39, 4 Nov. 2023, lot 432