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bpv_757960 - GORDIANUS III and TRANQUILLINA Tetrassaria

GORDIANUS III and TRANQUILLINA Tetrassaria XF
125.00 €(Approx. 131.25$ | 103.75£)
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Type : Tetrassaria
Date: 241-244
Mint name / Town : Anchialus, Thrace
Metal : copper
Diameter : 27 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 12,72 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Fine usure régulière. Jolis bustes. Patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :

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 SAB// TRANKULL/EINA, (Autokrator Kaisar Markos Antonios Gordianos Augustos Sabeina Trankullina).
Obverse translation : (L’empereur césar Marc Antoine Gordien auguste Sabine Tranquilline).

Reverse


Reverse description : Demeter (Cérès) voilée, drapée debout à droite tenant une longue torche et des épis.
Reverse legend : OULPIANWN - AGCIALE(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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