Identification Help

to the Community!

I moved your welcome post to the appropriate forum for the proper attention.

to the community

It is a Roman Provincial coin. I'm having a bit of a hard time reading the legend. I think it might be Salonia wife of Gallienus, but that's probably not right. Hopefully someone that is better in reading Greek will be able to say. I see if I can find a match and post the reference if I do.

Here are enhanced images of your coin.

I can't crack it without running around a bit, but as I read it I see:

Obverse inscription (transcribed): PHRO? SA?EI - N?A?K[Y/U]LLEINA

{Thanks tenbobbit: obverse inscription: [PH/F]POV CABEI - TPANKYLLEINA}


I assume that is at least in part the name of the magistrate.


The reverse legend reads in transcription: AR TE MI[C/S] around the figure of Artemis drawing bow in a biga of stags/hinds moving to left,
and below: EPHE[C/S]IWN

So it emanates from the city of Ephesis.

If I knew my way around Wildwinds better that might help.

This unpublished variant has some similarities of the type, but the biga of stags is moving in the opposite direction:

BMC 353var
Salonina, SE, 7,84 gr of Ephesos, Ionia. CALWNEINA CEBA, draped bust right, wearing stephane, on crescent / EFEC-IWN / A / AC-I / AC, Artemis huntress driving biga of stags right, holding bow and arrow. cf BMC 353 for Valerian. poss. unpublished.

It has the same city name spelling.

This entry for Tranquillina works well for the obverse inscription, but the reverse type is something else:

BMC 339
Tranquillina AE 28mm of Ephesos. FPOV CABEI TPANKYLLEINA, laureate, draped, and diademed bust right / EFECIWN PRWTWN ACIAC - Ephesos First City of Asia, Artemis the huntress running right, drawing bow.

Out of my area but maybe similar to this: http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=72155

Beautiful coin teisel !!