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E-auction 100-52746 - bpv_308350 - GORDIANUS III and TRANQUILLINA Tétradrachme

GORDIANUS III and TRANQUILLINA Tétradrachme AU
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Estimate : 350 €
Price : 180 €
Maximum bid : 296 €
End of the sale : 16 March 2015 15:30:00
bidders : 9 bidders
Type : Tétradrachme
Date: an 6
Mint name / Town : Alexandrie, Égypte
Metal : copper
Diameter : 22 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 11,60 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exempaire sur un flan ovale et irrégulier bien centré des deux côtés. Beau portrait particulier de Tranquilline. Revers inhabituel. Patine verte
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 : LS.
Reverse description : Athéna nicéphore casquée et drapée d’Athéna à gauche, tenant une petite Niké de la main droite tendue et un sceptre de la main gauche, appuyée sur un bouclier.
Reverse translation : (an 6).

Commentary


Ce type est frappé seulement pour l’an 5 et 6.

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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