v13_0588 - GORDIANUS III and TRANQUILLINA 4 assaria, (MB, Æ 27)
MONNAIES 13 (2001)
Starting price : 91.47 €
Estimate : 182.94 €
Realised price : 95.74 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 95.74 €
Starting price : 91.47 €
Estimate : 182.94 €
Realised price : 95.74 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 95.74 €
Type : 4 assaria, (MB, Æ 27)
Date: 241-244
Mint name / Town : Anchialus, Thrace
Metal : copper
Diameter : 26,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 11,54 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Beaux portraits. Patine vert foncé. Revers tout à fait inhabituel
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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.// TRANKULLI/NA
Obverse translation : (L'empereur césar Marc-Antoine Gordien auguste et l'augusta Sabine Tranquilline).
Reverse
Reverse description : Porte de ville, flanquée de deux tours, vue de face.
Reverse legend : OULPIA-NHN - ANCIAL//EWN
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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