bpv_858558 - GORDIANUS III and TRANQUILLINA Tetrassaria
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Type : Tetrassaria
Date: 241-244
Mint name / Town : Anchialus, Thrace
Metal : copper
Diameter : 27 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 14,32 g.
Coments on the condition:
Flan épais, centré. Jolis bustes. Usure importante mais régulière. Patine foncée
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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 : AU-T K M ANT GORDIANOS AUG SE// TRANKUL/LEINA (Autokrator Kaisar Markos Antwnios Gordianos Augusta Sebasta Trankulleina)
Obverse translation : (L'empereur césar Marc Antoine Gordien auguste et l'augusta Tranquilline).
Reverse
Reverse description : Héra (Junon) drapée debout à gauche, tenant une patère de la main droite et un sceptre long vertical de la main gauche.
Reverse legend : OULPIANWN AGCIALE(WN), (Oulpianwn Agcialewn
Reverse translation : (Ulpia Anchialus).
Commentary
Poids lourd. Trou de centrage visible au droit.
Heavy weights. Centering hole visible on the right
Heavy weights. Centering hole visible on the right
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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