expat Posted May 4 · Supporter Share Posted May 4 (edited) I have frequently seen this reverse with Husband ans Wife on the obverse, but I have rarely seen this type with only Tranquillina on the obverse. RPC Volume: VII.2 №: 767 Reign: Gordian III Persons: Tranquillina (Augusta) 241-244 CE City: Hadrianopolis Region: Thrace Province: Thrace Denomination: Æ (24 mm) Average weight: 7.47 g. Obverse: ϹΑΒ(Ι) ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΛΕΙΝΑ ϹΕΒ; diademed and draped bust of Tranquillina, right Reverse: ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ; galley with sail hoisted, right; on board, rowers. 7.59g. 24mm Reference: Jurukova, Hadrianopolis 686–7, 698 Specimens: 23 Post your galleys with raised sails Edited May 4 by expat 16 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kali Posted May 4 · Member Share Posted May 4 Tranquillina, (241 - 244 A.D.) Egypt, Alexandria Billon Tetradrachm O: CAB TPANKVΛΛINA CEB, diademed and draped bust right. R: Homonoia standing left, raising arm and holding double cornuacopiae; in left field, L E. year 5 (241/2 A.D.) 12.5g 24mm Milne 3420 Emmett 3449 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor Ancient Coin Hunter Posted May 4 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted May 4 (edited) Tranquillina Augusta, 241-244 C.E. AE 25 10.7 grams, black patina Mesopotamia, Singara (modern Sinjar, Iraq) Easternmost stronghold of the Roman Empire Obverse: SAB TRANQVILLINA AVG, Diademed and draped bust right Reverse: Veiled Bust of Tyche Right; Centaur Sagittarius leaping right and discharging bow above Reference: BMC Arabia p. 136, 14; SNG Copenhagen 258 ex-JAZ Numismatics circa 2017 C.E. Edited May 4 by Ancient Coin Hunter 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shea19 Posted May 4 · Supporter Share Posted May 4 Great pickup, love that galley. This one is my favorite galley with sail: Caracalla, Cilicia (Tarsus), 198-217. (AE 34 mm, 19.40 g). Mantled bust of Caracalla to left, wearing demiourgic crown./ Rev. Galley under full sail with four oarsmen and gubernator. 10 1 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broucheion Posted May 4 · Member Share Posted May 4 (edited) Hi All, GRECO-ROMAN EGYPT - STAMPED GLASS PENDANT EGYPT ca 1st - 3rd Century CE Glass & Gold Pendant/Charm/Amulet Size: 20 x 27 mm Weight: 2.43 g (glass and gold) Broucheion Collection SEAL-2002-01-18.002 Obv: Galley under sail with six oars facing right within gold suspension band with loop. Rev: None [Uniface] - Broucheion Edited May 4 by Broucheion 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seth77 Posted May 4 · Member Share Posted May 4 I did not have the time to follow this auction but I still got something worthy from it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted May 5 · Patron Share Posted May 5 I have only two Tranquillina coins depicting her without Gordian III. This one features Marsyas on its reverse. @Alegandron has one that was struck with the same obverse die but has a different reverse type. Tranquillina, 241-244 CE. Roman provincial Æ 24.1 mm, 8.06 g. Thrace, Deultum, 241-244 CE. Obv: SAB TRANQVILLINA AVG, diademed and draped bust, right. Rev: COL FL PAC DEVLT, Marsyas as Silenus facing right, carrying wine skin over left shoulder and raising right arm. Refs: Moushmov 3757; Youroukova 425, 4/II; cf. SNG Cop 549. I also have this one from Cyzicus that depicts Demeter on its reverse. I like how the obverse inscription gives all three names: Furia Sabinia Tranquillina. Tranquillina, 241-244 CE. Roman provincial Æ 21.3 mm, 5.79 g, 7 h. Mysia, Cyzicus, Strategos Lepidus. Obv: Φ ϹΑΒ ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΛЄΙΝΑΝ, draped bust, right, wearing stephane. Rev: ϹΤΡ ΛЄΠΙΔΟΥ ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝΕΩ, Demeter advancing right, holding a torch in each hand. RPC VII.1, 31; McClean 7608. 10 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alegandron Posted May 5 · Supporter Share Posted May 5 @Roman Collector TRANQUILINA RI Prv Thrace, Deultum. Tranquillina. Augusta, CE 241-244. Æ 22mm 6.6 gm. Diademed and draped bust right / Hermes standing left, holding purse and caduceus. SNG Bulgaria 1504-8; Youroukova 400; Varbanov 2932 10 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncientOne Posted May 5 · Member Share Posted May 5 Nice Coin! I have lots of galleys but none with raised sails. Ionia, Smyrna. Tranquillina AE22 Diassarion. Herakles Obv: ΦOYΡI TΡANKYIΛΛEINA C, draped bust right, wearing stephane. Rev: CMYΡNAIΩN Γ NEΩKOΡΩN, Herakles, naked, standing left, holding kantharos, lion-skin and club. 241-244 AD. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted May 5 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted May 5 (edited) Most of my ancient coins depicting galleys do not show raised sails, but here's one that does: Nero, Billon Tetradrachm, Year 13 (AD 66/67), Alexandria, Egypt Mint. Obv. Radiate bust of Nero left wearing aegis (with serpent upright) on left shoulder, ΝΕΡΩ ΚΛΑV ΚΑΙΣ [ΣΕΒ ΓΕΡ ΑV]; in left field before Nero, L beneath ΙΓ (Year 13) / Rev. Galley under sail right, flags at masthead and at top corners of mainsail, standard on prow, and helmsman standing right at stern; below ship, two dolphins right, playing in waves; [ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΦΟΡΟΣ]. 25.1 mm., 13.33 g. RPC [Roman Provincial Coinage] Vol. I 5296 (1992); RPC I Online 5296 (see https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/5296 ); Emmett 121.13; Milne 273 (p. 8); BMC 16 Alexandria 176-177 (p. 21) (ill. Pl. XXX); K&G 14.99 (ill. p. 60); SNG Fr. IV, Alexandria I 514-520 (ill. Pl. 37); Sear RCV I 2009 (p. 395). Purchased from Dr. Busso Peus Nachf., Frankfurt a.M., Germany, Auction 434, 17 Apr. 2023, Lot 360 (ex “Collection of Dr. E.”).* *According to the description of this type in the catalog for CNG’s Triton XXI, “The Giovanni Maria Staffieri Collection of the Coins of Roman Alexandria,” Jan. 9, 2018, Lot 16 (ill. p. 17), the type most likely “commemorates Nero’s visit to Greece in AD 66-67.” Here's one more; a very different sort of galley: Hadrian, AE Drachm, Year 17 (AD 132/133), Alexandria, Egypt Mint. Obv. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from rear, ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ - ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹƐΒ / Rev. Isis Pharia, holding billowing sail and sistrum above, sailing right in galley towards the Pharos of Alexandria, which has doorway in front and is surmounted by a statue as well as two tritons blowing seashell trumpets; [L]I – Z (Year 17) across lower fields behind and in front of Isis. 33 mm., 22.64 g., 12 h. Emmett 1002.17, K&G 32.547, RPC III Online 5838 (see https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/5838), Milne 1373 at p. 33. Purchased Feb. 2022; ex Classical Numismatic Group, eAuction 384, Oct. 12, 2016, Lot 482. Edited May 5 by DonnaML 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alegandron Posted May 6 · Supporter Share Posted May 6 50 yrs later from Tranq, with sails DOWN on the galley… RI Allectus 293-296 AE Quinarius London Virtus Galley AE17 2-3g S 13870 RIC 55 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mc9 Posted May 6 · Member Share Posted May 6 A galley with a raised sail : Festival of Isis. Obv: DEO SARAPIDI, draped bust of Serapis right, wearing modius. Rev: VOTA PVBLICA, Isis standing right on galley, supporting sail. Alexandria, Ae (4th century AD), Alföldi 132, 2.78 gr, 19 mm. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAZ Numismatics Posted May 6 · Member Share Posted May 6 No sails, but this is my all-time favorite coin with galley... C. Fonteius. 114-113 BC. AR Denarius (20mm, 4.0 gm). Janiform head of Fons or Fontus; D left, mark of value right, six pellets below / Ornate war galley sailing left, cosisting of three rowers and pilot. Crawford 290/1; Sydenham 555; Fonteia 1 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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