RPC VII.1, 261

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 261
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Phrygia
City Tiberiopolis
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Tranquillina (Augusta)
Magistrate Aurelius Pontikos (archon)
Obverse inscription ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΛΕΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑΤ (sic)
Nominative Tranquillina Augusta
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Tranquillina, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΑΡΧ ΠΟΝΤΙΚΟΥ ΤΙΒΕΡΕΙΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ (sic)
Reverse design Zeus standing left, holding eagle and sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Axis 6
Reference vA Phrygien II, 1318–23
Specimens 8 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–6: same pair of dies.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 2179 vA Phrygien II, 1318
2 2     P: 2180 vA Phrygien II, 1319
3 3     V: GR 36242 Egger XLVI, 1914, lot 1870 (Prowe III) = vA Phrygien II, 1320
4 4     V-Universität J. Scholz, ‘Griechische Münzen aus meiner Sammlung (1)’, NZ 33 (1901), p. 46, no. 94 = vA Phrygien II, 1321
5 5     M&M AG 41, 1971, lot 485 = vA Phrygien II, 1322
6 6     B KM p. 301, no. 7 = vA Phrygien II, 1323
7 7     CNG EA 374, 11 May 2016, lot 387 = Pecunem 39, 3 Jan. 2016, lot 686 = Rauch 97, 14 Apr. 2015, lot 338
8 8     B. Michaux coll. = N&N London EA 10, 26 Nov. 2022, lot 295