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E-auction 518-432786 - bpv_538211 - TRANQUILLINA Tetrassaria

TRANQUILLINA Tetrassaria VG
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Estimate : 150 €
Price : 38 €
Maximum bid : 45 €
End of the sale : 20 March 2023 15:50:30
bidders : 6 bidders
Type : Tetrassaria
Date: an 6
Mint name / Town : Tiberiopolis, Phrygie
Metal : billon
Diameter : 27 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 8,58 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan mince bien centré à l’usure très importante, lisible et identifiable
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse description : Buste drapé de Tranquilline à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant, posé sur le croissant (L).
Obverse legend : TRANKU-LLEINA SEBAT, (Trankulleina Sebasth).
Obverse translation : (Tranquilline Augusta).

Reverse


Reverse description : Zeus nu jusqu’à la ceinture debout à gauche, tenant un aigle de la main droite et un sceptre long de la main gauche.
Reverse legend : EΠI ARC ΠONTIKOU - TIBEREIOΠO/ΛITΩN.
Reverse translation : (du magistrat archonte Ponticos de Tibériopolis).

Commentary


Ce type semble beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux.

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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