RPC VII.2, 2539

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2539
Province Lycia-Pamphylia
Region Pamphylia
City Aspendus
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Tranquillina (Augusta)
Issue Series 2, with accusative
Dating AD 241–4
Obverse inscription ϹΑΒΕΙΝΙΑΝ ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΙΑΝΗΝ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗΝ
Nominative Sabinia Tranquillina Augusta
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Tranquillina, right
Reverse inscription ΑϹΠΕΝΔΙωΝ
Reverse design river god Eurymedon reclining left, holding agonistic crown containing two palms and resting on overturned water urn; to right, reed
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Axis 5, 6, 11, 12
Reference Watson 562
Specimens 6 (3 in the core collections)
Note On the rev., the last two letters are inverted.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1970,0909.139
2 2     ✸ L: HPB,p126.3.C BMC 97
3 3     NY: 1953.171.918
4 4     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 111 = Nollé, Götter p. 44, no. 58
5 5     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 112
6 6     CGT coll. = Savoca 116 Blue, 23 Oct. 2021, lot 584