RPC VII.2, 3146

 

Image of specimen #10

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3146
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Tranquillina (Augusta)
Issue With Tranquillina
Dating AD 241–4
Obverse inscription ϹΑΒ(Ε)ΙΝ(Ε)ΙΑΝ ΤΡΑΝΚΥ(Ι)ΛΛΕΙΝΑΝ ϹΕΒ
Edition Σαβεινείαν Τρανκυλλείναν Σεβ(αστήν)
Translation for Sabinia Tranquillina Augusta
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Tranquillina, right, on crescent
Reverse inscription ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ Α Μ Κ Γ Β
Edition Ταρσοῦ Μητροπόλεως αʹ μ(εγίστης) κ(αλλίστης) γʹ βʹ
Translation of Tarsus, metropolis, the first, the greatest, the most beautiful, (of the) three (eparchies), twice (neocorate)
Reverse design Dionysus standing left, holding cantharus over panther and thyrsus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 15.85 g
Axis 1, 6, 7, 11, 12
Specimens 68 (16 in the core collections)
Note Certainly two engravers, each one with a particular style and spelling of Tranquillina's name in Greek.
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