RPC VII.2, 3187

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3187
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Anazarbus
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Tranquillina (Augusta)
Issue Year ΑΞϹ = 261
Dating AD 242/3
Obverse inscription ϹΑΒΕΙΝΙΑ ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΛΕΙΝΑ ΑΥΓΟ
Edition Σαβεινία Τρανκυλλεῖνα Αὐγο(ύστα)
Translation Sabinia Tranquillina Augusta
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Tranquillina, right, crescent at shoulders
Reverse inscription ΑΝΑΖΑΡΒΟΥ ΕΝΔΟΞ ΜΗΤΡ, ΕΤ ΑΞϹ
Edition Ἀναζάρβου ἐνδόξ(ου) μητρ(οπόλεως) ἔτ(ους) αξσʹ
Translation of glorious Anazarbus, metropolis, of year 261
Reverse design draped bust of Sarapis wearing kalathos, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 17.52 g
Axis 7
Reference Ziegler, Anazarbos, 708–9
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
Note The coin listed under Ziegler 708 belongs to type https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/21732, as the letters Γ Β are clearly visible.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Beutler coll. = Ziegler, Anazarbos 709, pl. 29, 709.1
2 2     ✸ Naumann 63, 4 Mar. 2018, lot 156 (Vogl coll.)