bpv_523518 - GORDIANUS III and TRANQUILLINA Tétradrachme
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Type : Tétradrachme
Date: an 6
Mint name / Town : Alexandrie, Égypte
Metal : copper
Diameter : 22 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 11,60 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire à l’usure importante mais parfaitement identifiable. Patine marron foncé
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Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la collection ENP
Obverse
Obverse description : Buste drapé de Tranquilline à droite, avec stéphané, vu de trois quarts en avant, posé sur le croissant (L15).
Obverse legend : SAB TRANKULLEINA SEB, (Sabinia Trankulleina Sebasth)
Obverse translation : (Sabine Tranquilline Augusta).
Reverse
Reverse legend : LS.
Reverse description : Buste d’Athéna casquée à gauche.
Reverse translation : (an 6).
Commentary
Ce type est frappé seulement pour l’an 5 et 6.
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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