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Live auction - bpv_646623 - TRANQUILLINA Tetrassaria

TRANQUILLINA Tetrassaria AU/XF
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Estimate : 500 €
Price : no bid
Maximum bid : no bid
End of the sale : 09 March 2021 15:13:59
Type : Tetrassaria
Date: c. 241-244
Mint name / Town : Edessa, Mésopotamie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 23,5 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 7,94 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Très joli buste de Tranquilline. Revers à l’usure régulière. Patine foncée
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse description : Buste diadémé et drapé de Tranquilline à droite (L5).
Obverse legend : SAB.NI.A TRANKULLEINA AUG, (Sabina Trankulleina Augusta).
Obverse translation : (Sabine Tranquilline augusta).

Reverse


Reverse description : Rome assise à gauche sur un bouclier, tenant une Nike, couronnée par une Tyche à droite.
Reverse legend : EDESSEWN.
Reverse translation : (D’Edessa).

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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