bpv_954398 - TRANQUILLINA Tetrassaria
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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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