RPC VII.2, 3147

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3147
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 ϹΑΒΙΝΕΙΑΝ ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΛΕΙΝΑΝ ϹΕΒ, Π Π (sic)
Edition Σαβινείαν Τρανκυλλεῖναν Σεβ(αστήν) Π(ατήρ) Π(ατρίδος)
Translation for Sabinia Tranquillina Augusta Father of the Fatherland (sic)
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Tranquillina, right, on crescent
Reverse inscription ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ Α Μ Κ Γ Β
Edition Ταρσοῦ Μητροπόλεως α 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 33 mm
Average weight 17.16 g
Axis 6, 7, 12
Specimens 9 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1458 SNG 1725
2 2     Beirut-AUB: C7319
3 3     ✸ Yale: 2004.6.3469
4 4     CNG EA 325, 23 Apr. 2014, lot 402 = CNG 93, 22 May 2013, lot 936 = CNG 51, 15 Sept. 1999, lot 957 = Ritter FPL 19, Nov. 1983, lot 502
5 5     Gorny & Mosch 156, 5 Mar. 2007, lot 1821
6 6     Lanz 56, 13 May 1991, lot 675
7 7     Leu 45, 26 May 1988, lot 367 = Sternberg 11, 20 Nov. 1981, lot 371
8 8     Peus 400, 22 Apr. 2010, lot 552 = Peus 366, 29 Oct. 2000, lot 1016
9 9     Boston: 63.1408