RPC VII.1, 398.1

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 398.1
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Ionia
City Ephesus
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Tranquillina (Augusta)
Obverse inscription ΦΡΟΥ ϹΑΒΕΙ ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΛΕΙΝΑ
Nominative Furia Sabinia Tranquillina
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Tranquillina, right
Reverse inscription ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ Α ΑϹΙΑϹ
Reverse design Leto hurrying, left, head right, holding Apollo and Artemis infants
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Axis 6
Reference Karwiese 938
Specimens 6 (5 in the core collections)
Die-links 2–5: same pair of dies. 1: same obv. die as 396.1/3, 396.2/4–6, 397.2/2–3, 461/1 (Metropolis), 462.1/1–2 (Metropolis). 2–5: same obv. die as 391/1, 3–4, 392.1/1–6, 393.1/1, 393.2/2, 394/1–2, 395.1/1–4, 395.2/5–6, 396.1/1–2, 397.1/1, 398.2/6. 1–5: same rev. die.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ V: GR 37364
2 2     P: 992
3 3     Mu SNG 220
4 4     L: 1899,0401.60
5 5     B: Löbb.
7 7     Peus 398, 28 Apr. 2009, lot 675