bpv_858556 - GORDIANUS III and TRANQUILLINA Pentassaria
150.00 €(Approx. 156.00$ | 124.50£)
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Type : Pentassaria
Date: 241-244
Mint name / Town : Anchialus, Thrace
Metal : copper
Diameter : 27,5 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 11,42 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée à l’usure régulière. Jolis bustes. Tréflage au revers. Patine vert foncé
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Obverse
Obverse description : Bustes affrontés de Gordien III lauré, drapé et cuirassé à droite vu de trois quarts en arrière et de Tranquilline diadémée et drapée à gauche vu de trois quarts en avant.
Obverse legend : AUT K M ANT GORDIANOS AUG. SABEIN.// TRANKULL/INA, (Autokrator Kaisar Markos Antonios Gordianos Augustos Sabeina Trankullina).
Obverse translation : (L’empereur césar Marc Antoine Gordien auguste Sabine Tranquilline).
Reverse
Reverse description : Némésis drapée debout à gauche, tenant un bâton de la main droite ; une roue à ses pieds.
Reverse legend : OU-LPIANWN A-GCIALE(WN), (Oulpianwn Agcialewn.
Reverse translation : (Ulpia Anchialus).
Historical background
GORDIANUS III and TRANQUILLINA
(241-244)
Gordian III married the daughter of the prefect of the Praetorian Timésithée, Tranquillina, in 241. The following year, she accompanied the emperor to the East. After the death of his father, replaced by Philip the Arab, we lose track of him. Gordian was assassinated in 244 at the instigation of the new prefect of the Praetorium.
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