Harlan J. Berk, Ltd. > Buy or Bid Sale 208 | Auction date: 5 September 2019 |
Lot number: 324 | |
Lot description: Tranquillina. Drachm; Tranquillina; Caesarea, Cappadocia, Year 4=241 AD, Drachm, 3.06g. Sydenham/Malloy-617aa. Obv: CABINIA TRANKV??INH Bust draped r., wearing stephane, the hair falling onto neck arranged in two horizontal ridges. Rx: MHTPO KAICA B NE around, ET ? in exergue, Mt. Argaeus, pellet in upper l. field. The rare third obverse die for Tranquillina's Caesarean drachms of Year 4, known to us from only this one coin. The H at the end of the obverse legend is unclear, and may actually have been intended as a ligate combination of several other letters. Tranquillina's name should end with an A, not an H.. EF Starting Price: 374 USD |