E-auction 134-74547 - bpv_366333 - TRANQUILLINA Decassaria
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| Estimate : | 280 € |
| Price : | 99 € |
| Maximum bid : | 119 € |
| End of the sale : | 09 November 2015 15:11:00 |
| bidders : | 10 bidders |
Type : Decassaria
Date: c. 238-244
Mint name / Town : Tarse, Cilicie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 32,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 14,48 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large bien centré des deux côtés à l’usure très importante, parfaitement lisible et identifiable. Patine noire granuleuse
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Buste diadémé et drapé de Tranquilline à droite, vu de trois quarts en aant posé sur un croissant (L15).
Obverse legend : SABEINIAN TRANKULLEINAN SEB
Obverse translation : (À Sabine Tranquilline augusta).
Reverse
Reverse description : Dionysos (Bacchus) nu jusqu’à la ceinture debout à gauche, tenant un canthare de la main droite et un thyrse de la main gauche ; une panthère à ses pieds à gauche, tournant la tête à droite.
Reverse legend : TARSOU MHT-ROPOLEwS/ A/M/K||G/B
Reverse translation : (ville de Tarse, trois fois décorée).
Commentary
Poids léger. Malgré la rareté du type, nous n’avons pas relevé d’identité de coin pertinente.
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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