RPC VII.2, 3154

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3154
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Adana
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Tranquillina (Augusta)
Issue With Tranquillina
Dating AD 241–4
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ϹΑΒΕΙΝ ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΛΕΙΝΑΝ ϹΕΒ, ΑΔΑΝΕΩΝ
Edition Σαβειν(ίαν) Τρανκυλλεῖναν Σεβ(αστὴν) Ἀδανέων
Translation for Sabinia Tranquillina Augusta, of the Adanians
Reverse design diademed and draped bust of Tranquillina, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 12.49 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Levante, Adana 217–22
Specimens 14 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L BMC 19
2 2     P: AA.GR.16086
3 3     Mu
4 4     V: GR 19031
5 5     Bern: N/82.1473 SNG Righetti 1473
6 6     B. Michaux coll.
7 7     C. Rhodes coll.
8 8     C. Rhodes coll. = CNG EA 402, 26 July 2017, lot 424
9 9     C. Rhodes coll. = CNG EA 402, 26 July 2017, lot 425
10 10     CGT coll.
11 11     CGT coll.
12 12     CNG EA 321, 26 Feb. 2014, lot 312
13 13     Schulten Apr. 1988, lot 939
14 14     Tahberer 76