RPC VII.1, 313.2

 

Image of specimen #17

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 313.2
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 Κ ΡΟΥΦΙΝΟΥ ϹΟΦΙ
Edition Σμυρναίων γʹ νεωκόρων στρ(ατηγοῦ) Κ(λαυδίου) Ῥουφίνου σοφι(στοῦ)
Translation of the Smyrnaeans, thrice neocorate, of strategos Claudius Rufinus the sophist
Reverse design Amazon Smyrna standing left, holding temple, double axe, pelta and chlamys
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 13.74 g
Axis 11
Reference Klose, Smyrna LXXI 3
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 17: same obv. die as 277/1–6 (Cyme), 278/1–4 (Cyme), 313.1/1–16, 314/1, 344/1–3 (Temnus).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
17 17     ✸ O: Milne
18 18     P: AA.GR.17577