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Live auction - bpv_409598 - GORDIANUS III and TRANQUILLINA Tétradrachme

GORDIANUS III and TRANQUILLINA Tétradrachme XF
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Estimate : 280 €
Price : no bid
Maximum bid : no bid
End of the sale : 08 November 2016 14:50:11
Type : Tétradrachme
Date: an 6
Mint name / Town : Alexandrie, Égypte
Metal : copper
Diameter : 22,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 10,851,60 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan épais et irrégulier bien centré. Beau portrait de Tranquilline. Joli revers à l’usure régulière. Patine verte et marron foncé
Catalogue references :

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 : LZ.
Reverse description : Homonoia (Concordia) drapée debout à gauche, levant la main droite et tenant une double corne d’abondance de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : (an 7).

Commentary


Ce type a été frappé entre l’an 5 et 7.

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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