E-auction 58-26432 - bpv_289616 - TRANQUILLINA Diassaria
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| Estimate : | 225 € |
| Price : | 82 € |
| Maximum bid : | 90 € |
| End of the sale : | 26 May 2014 16:26:30 |
| bidders : | 7 bidders |
Type : Diassaria
Date: 242-244
Mint name / Town : Périnthe, Thrace
Metal : copper
Diameter : 23,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 6,79 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan bien centré des deux côtés. Beau portrait. Revers bien venu à la frappe pour une coloniale. Usure importante, mais parfaitement lisible et identifiable. Patine marron superficielle
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Obverse
Obverse description : Buste diadémé, drapé et cuirassé, de Tranquilline à droite, avec les cheveux coiffés en tresses, ramenée derrière la tête (L5).
Obverse legend : SABEINA T-RANKULLEINA, (Sabeina Trankilleina).
Obverse translation : (Sabinia Tranquilline).
Reverse
Reverse description : Déméter (Cérès) voilée et drapée debout à gauche, tenant deux épis de la main droite et une torche allumée de la main gauche.
Reverse legend : PERINQIWN D-I-S NEOKOR, (Perinqiwn Dis Neokorwn).
Reverse translation : (Périnthe deux fois décorées).
Commentary
Sur cet exemplaire, le buste de Tranquilline semble bien cuirassé avec les ptéryges visibles comme les empereurs. L’épigraphie est maladroite.
Historical background
TRANQUILLINA
(+c.244)
Wife of Gordian III - Augusta
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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