RPC VII.2, 1942

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1942
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Tranquillina (Augusta)
Obverse inscription ϹΑΒ ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΛΙΝΑ Ϲ
Nominative Sabinia Tranquillina Augusta
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Tranquillina, right
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
Reverse design Asclepius standing facing, head left, holding serpent staff
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 12
Reference Rec 721
Specimens 8 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: G3,RICM.390 BMC 128 = Rec 721, pl. LXXXV, 12, rev.
2 2     C McClean 7504
3 3     V: GR 37282
4 4     Freiburg: 11655
5 5     ✸ CNG 88, 14 Sept. 2011, lot 854
6 6     Frankfurter Münzhandlung GmbH 135, 14 Nov. 1990, lot 183 = Aufhäuser Oct. 1985, lot 336
7 7     SNG vA 661
8 8     Numisfitz 4, 8–9 June 2024, lot 700