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bpv_937731 - TRANQUILLINA Drachme

TRANQUILLINA Drachme AU
1 200.00 €(Approx. 1284.00$ | 1020.00£)
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Type : Drachme
Date: c. 240-2471
Mint name / Town : Césarée, Cappadoce
Metal : silver
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,05 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Superbe exemplaire sur un flan court, idéalement centré des deux côtés. Très beau buste de Tranquilline ainsi qu’un revers bien venu à la frappe. Patine grise avec de légers reflets dorés
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse description : Buste diadémé et drapé de Tranquilline à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (L5).
Obverse legend : SABINIA TRANKULLINA U.
Obverse translation : (Tranquilline Sabinia).

Reverse


Reverse description : Le Mont Argée surmonté d'une étoile à huit rais.
Reverse legend : MHTRO KAISARI NEW// ETD.
Reverse translation : (Ville de Césarée, décorée, an 4).

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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