RPC VII.1, 313.1

 

Image of specimen #13

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 313.1
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Smyrna
Region Ionia
City Smyrna
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Tranquillina (Augusta)
Magistrate Claudius Rufinus the sophist (strategos)
Obverse inscription ΦΟΥΡΙΑ ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΛΕΙΝΑ ϹΕΒ
Edition Φουρία Τρανκυλλεῖνα Σεβ(αστή)
Translation Furia Tranquillina Augusta
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Tranquillina, right
Reverse inscription ϹΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ Γ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ ϹΤΡ ΡΟΥΦΙΝΟΥ ϹΟΦΙ
Edition Σμυρναίων γʹ νεωκόρων στρ(ατηγοῦ) Ῥουφίνου σοφι(στοῦ)
Translation of the Smyrnaeans, thrice neocorate, of strategos Rufinus, the sophist
Reverse design Amazon Smyrna standing left, holding temple, double axe, pelta and chlamys
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 12.97 g
Axis 5, 6
Reference Klose, Smyrna LXXI 1–2
Specimens 20 (13 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–8: same pair of dies. 9–16: same pair of dies. 1–16: same obv. die as 277/1–6 (Cyme), 278/1–4 (Cyme), 313.2/17, 314/1, 344/1–3 (Temnus).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 2761
2 2     O: Milne
3 3     NY: 1951.38.2
4 4     B: Löbb.
5 5     B: 18226021, I-B
6 6     L BMC 447
7 7     B
8 8     Milan: 7429
9 9     C
10 10     Depositum München
11 11     B: 1291/1878
12 12     V: GR 17872
13 13     ✸ L: 1979,0101.1796 SNG vA 8009
14 14     L: 1844,0425.368 BMC 446
15 15     B
16 16     MünzZentrum 66, 1989, lot 403
17 17     Izmir SNG 465
18 18     Izmir SNG 466
19 19     Izmir SNG 467
20 20     H.I. coll.