RPC VII.2, 3857

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3857
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Tranquillina (Augusta)
Issue LϚ = year 6
Dating AD 242/3
Obverse inscription ϹΑΒ ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΛΕΙΝΑ ϹΕΒ
Nominative Sabinia Tranquillina Augusta
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Tranquillina, right
Reverse inscription L Ϛ
Reverse design Athena seated left, holding Nike and spear; shield leaning against the throne
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 11, 12
Reference BMC 1924; D 4818; M 3441; Geissen 2687
Specimens 21 (8 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1864,1118.782 BMC 1924
2 2     P: 3187
3 3     B: 18275531, 1846/6272
4 4     NY: 1974.26.4319
5 5     NY: 1944.100.66922
6 6     NY: 1944.100.66923
7 7     NY: 1974.26.4320
8 8     O: HCR30980 M 3441
9 9     A: 1897/8 IH, 705/1177 (Demetriou)
10 10     Cologne Geissen 2687
11 11     Milan SNG 1610
12 12     CNG EA 359, 9 Sept. 2015, lot 301
13 13     CNG EA 419, 25 Apr. 2018, lot 328
14 14     Elsen 87, 11 Mar. 2006, lot 1754
15 15     Emporium Hamburg 76, 12 May 2016, lot 262
16 16     Figari & Mosconi 1426 = Titiano 67, 1 Dec. 1996, lot 213 = Kress 159, 3 Apr. 1974, lot 1294 = Kress 154, 21 Mar. 1972, lot 414 = D 4818
17 17     Freeman & Sear MBS 14, 21 June 2007, lot 323
18 18     J. Aiello coll.
19 19     Naville Numismatics 18, 1 Nov. 2015, lot 317
20 20     Naville Numismatics 53, 3 Nov. 2019, lot 354
21 21     Peus 409, 25 Apr. 2013, lot 990