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A bronze coin of Tranquillina from Saitta in Lydia showing the river god Hyllos Coin Type: Bronze AE20 of Tranquillina, 241-244 CE.
Mint and Date: Saitta in Lydia, 241-244 CE.
Size and Weight: 20mm, 4.04g.
Obverse: ΦOVP TPANKVΛΛЄINA CA
Diademed and draped bust right.
Reverse: CAITTHNΩN
River-god Hyllos reclining left, holding reed in right hand, resting left arm on an inverted vase behind from which the river flows.
Exergue: YΛΛOC
Provenance: numismatiklanz (eBay), March 2011
Ref: SNG München 448; BMC 64; SNG Cop. 412
BW Ref: 001 048 156
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Note: The reverse shows the Hyllos river, one of three that were in the territory of Saitta.

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