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| Estimate : | 100 € |
| Price : | 40 € |
| Maximum bid : | 40 € |
| End of the sale : | 22 July 2025 15:25:39 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Tetrassaria
Date: 238-244
Mint name / Town : Anchialus, Thrace
Metal : copper
Diameter : 25 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 13,27 g.
Coments on the condition:
Flan centré. Des faiblesses, usure régulière. Patine foncée
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. SEB.// TRANKUL-LEINA, (Autokrator Kaisar Markos Antonios Gordianos Augustos Sebasth Trankulleina)
Obverse translation : (L’empereur césar Marc Antoine Gordien auguste Sabine Tranquilline).
Reverse
Reverse description : Asklepios (Esculape), nu jusqu’à la ceinture, le manteau sur l’épaule, tenant un caducée sur lequel s’enroule un serpent.
Reverse legend : OULPIANWN - AGCIALE(WN), (Oulpianwn Agcialewn
Reverse translation : (d’Ulpia Anchialus).
Commentary
Trou de centrage des deux côtés.
Centering hole on both sides
Centering hole on both sides
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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