Record ID: LEIC-B859FD
Object type: COIN
Broad period: GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy Roman Provincial coin of the empress Tranquillina (AD 241-44), minted at Sardis in Lydia (AsiaMinor). Obverse inscription:ΦΟΥΡ ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΛƐΙΝΑ ϹΑ Obverse design: draped and diademed bust of Tranquillina, r. Reverse inscription: ϹΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ Β ΝƐΩΚΟΡΩΝ Reverse design: Demeter standing l., holding ears of corn and long torch; at her feet, serpent BMC Greek, Lydia, no. 193; RPC Online Volume VII.1, № 242.1 (with thanks to Dario Calomino for his assistance)
Created on: Thursday 21st December 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd January 2018
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