RPC VII.2, 478

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 478
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Thessalonica
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Tranquillina (Augusta)
Dating AD 241–4
Obverse inscription ϹΑΒΙΝΙΑ ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΛΙΝΑ ΑΓΟ
Edition Σαβίνια Τρανκυλλίνα Αὐγούστα Σαβίνια Τρανκυλλίνα Α<ὐ>γο(ύστα)
Translation Sabinia Tranquillina Augusta
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Tranquillina, right
Reverse inscription ΘΕϹϹΑΛΟΝΙΚΕΩΝ ΝΕΩΚ, ΠΥΘΙΑ
Edition Θεσσαλονικέων νεωκόρων Πύθια Θεσσαλονικέων νεωκ(όρων) Πύθια
Translation of the Thessalonians, neocorate, Pythian (games)
Reverse design tripod on top of which laurel wreath and five apples; to left, elephant tusk in cylindrical container; to right, amphora with palm branch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 10.01 g
Axis 12
Reference Touratsoglou 209, nos 426–7
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 3: same rev. die as 445/1.
Note The object on the l. is described by Touratsoglou as ‘Elefantenzahn in flachem zylindrischen Behälter’.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     Cop SNG 439 = Touratsoglou 209/426
2 2     A: 1357A Touratsoglou 209/427
3 3     ✸ Triton XXII, 8 Jan. 2019, The A.K. coll., lot 1147 (part of), coin H059