Live auction - bpv_419044 - GORDIANUS III and TRANQUILLINA Tétradrachme
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| Estimate : | 250 € |
| Price : | 166 € |
| Maximum bid : | 186 € |
| End of the sale : | 08 October 2024 14:28:30 |
| bidders : | 2 bidders |
Type : Tétradrachme
Date: an 7
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 :
BMC.1927 - Milne3478 - Curtis1311 var - MRKA.- - AC.3449 /7 - RCV.8897 - D.4824 - MRMA.73 /34 (250€)
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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