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Home ▸ Catalog ▸ |Roman Coins| ▸ |Crisis & Decline| ▸ |Tranquillina||View Options:   | | | Tranquillina was the beautiful daughter of the faithful Praetorian Prefect Timisitheus and was married to Gordian III in May 241 A.D. Greatly loved by her husband, she survived his assassination, possibly due to her immense popularity with both the general population and the soldiery. The imperial coinage of Tranquillina is very rare. Provincial coinage of Tranquillina is not as scarce. |
Perga was renowned for the worship of Artemis, whose temple stood on a hill outside the town, and in whose honor annual festivals were celebrated. Side's Temple of Apollo was located at the end of the city's peninsula site, overlooking the sea.RP73194. Bronze AE 26, SNG BnF 500 (same dies), Franke-Nolle 1669 (same dies); BMC Lycia p. 142, 107, aVF, well centered, nice jade green patina, weight 11.610 g, maximum diameter 26.5 mm, die axis 0o, Perga (near Antalya, Turkey) mint, consular legate Tertullianus, May 241 - 25 Feb 244; obverse CΑΒΕΙ ΤΡΑΝΚVΛΛΕΙΝΑΝ CΕΒ, draped bust of Tranquillina right, crescent behind shoulders; reverse ΠΕΡΓΑΙΩΝ CΙ∆ΗΤΩΝ ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ, Artemis of Perga on left, standing right, quiver over shoulder, long torch in left hand, clasping right hands with Apollo of Side, he is turning right, looking back left, long scepter in his left; SOLD
Tranquillina, Augusta, May 241 - 25 February 244 A.D., Deultum, Thrace
Tranquillina was the beautiful daughter of the faithful Praetorian Prefect Timisitheus and was married to Gordian III in May 241 A.D. Greatly loved by her husband, she survived his assassination, possibly due to her immense popularity with both the general population and the soldiery. The imperial coinage of Tranquillina is very rare. Provincial coinage of Tranquillina is more available.RP38142. Bronze AE 25, Jurukova Deultum 394, Varbanov II 2933, VF, attractive green patina, weight 9.336 g, maximum diameter 25.0 mm, die axis 0o, Deultum (Debelt, Bulgaria) mint, May 241 - 25 Feb 244 A.D.; obverse SAB TRANQVILLINA AVG, diademed and draped bust right; reverse COL FL PAC DEVLT, Minerva leaning left, looking right, in left raised shield, with right throwing spear; SOLD
Tranquillina, Augusta, May 241 - 25 February 244 A.D., Deultum, Thrace
Tranquillina was the beautiful daughter of the faithful Praetorian Prefect Timisitheus and was married to Gordian III in May 241 A.D. Greatly loved by her husband, she survived his assassination, possibly due to her immense popularity with both the general population and the soldiery. The imperial coinage of Tranquillina is very rare. Provincial coinage of Tranquillina is more available.RP79970. Bronze AE 24, Jurukova Deultum 414; SNG Deultum 1526 (O148/R67); Draganov Deultum 1527a (O148/R67); Varbanov II 2957 (R4); Moushmov 3744; MPR II - 4 2083, aVF, well centered, some corrosion, cleaning scratches, weight 7.108 g, maximum diameter 23.7 mm, die axis 0o, Deultum (Debelt, Bulgaria) mint, May 241 - 25 Feb 244 A.D.; obverse SAB TRANQVILLINA AVG, draped bust right, wearing stephane, elaborate hairstyle with hair in ridges, and in plait looped below her ear and then up the back of her head; reverse COL FL PA-C, DEVLT (starting above, ending in exergue), she-wolf standing right, head turned back left, suckling the infant twins Romulus and Remus; SOLD
Gordian III and Tranquillina, May 241 - 25 February 244 A.D., Anchialos, Thrace, Brockage
A brockage occurs when a blank is struck with a previously struck coin which adhered to the opposite die. Click here to read a detailed explanation.RP60019. Bronze AE 28, VF, weight 12.110 g, maximum diameter 27.9 mm, Anchialos (Pomorie, Bulgaria) mint, May 241 - 25 Feb 244 A.D.; obverse AYT K M ANT ΓOPΔIANTNOC ANTYΓ CANTB TPANTNKYΛΛINANT, confronted busts of Gordian on left, laureate, draped, and cuirassed, and Tranquillina on right, draped and wearing stephane; reverse incuse of obverse; SOLD
Gordian III and Tranquillina, May 241 - 25 February 244 A.D., Anchialos, Thrace
This type is apparently unpublished and we do not know of another example. Varbanov II 738, noted as otherwise unpublished, was struck with this same reverse die, but has a different obverse legend. Varbanov describes the figure as a youth (Gordian?); however, the figure appears to be female.RP65148. Bronze AE 28, cf. Varbanov II 738 (diff obv leg, same rev die, described as youth (Gordian?), unpublished), VF, weight 15.661 g, maximum diameter 28.4 mm, die axis 0o, Anchialos (Pomorie, Bulgaria) mint, May 241 - 25 Feb 244 A.D.; obverse AYT K M ANT ΓOPΔIANTNOC ANTYΓ CΕB, TPANTNKYΛΛINANT, confronted busts of Gordian on left, laureate, draped, and cuirassed, and Tranquillina on right, draped and wearing stephane; reverse OYΛΠIANΩN AΓXIAΛΕΩN, goddess (or Gordian?) standing left, patera in right hand, scepter in left hand; apparently unpublished, possibly unique; SOLD
Gordian III and Tranquillina, May 241 - 25 February 244 A.D., Anchialos, Thrace
When the Odrysian kingdom was abolished in 45 A.D., Anchialos (Pomorie, Bulgaria today) became part of the Roman province of Thrace. It was formally proclaimed a city under Trajan. Anchialos thrived in the 2nd and 3rd centuries serving as the most important import and export station of Thrace and acquired the appearance of a Roman city under the Severan Dynasty.RP65139. Bronze AE 25, Varbanov II 734 ff., AMNG II 676, BMC Thrace -, SNG Cop -, gVF, green patina, weight 10.818 g, maximum diameter 25.1 mm, die axis 225o, Anchialos (Pomorie, Bulgaria) mint, May 241 - 25 Feb 244 A.D.; obverse AYT K M ANT ΓOPΔIANTNOC ANTYΓ CANTB TPANTNKYΛΛINANT, confronted busts of Gordian on left, laureate, draped, and cuirassed, and Tranquillina on right, draped and wearing stephane; reverse OYΛΠIANWN AΓXIAΛΕΩN (NWN ligate), Tyche- Fortuna standing facing, head left, kalathos on head, rudder in right hand, cornucopia in left hand; SOLD
Tranquillina, Augusta, May 241 - 25 February 244 A.D., Attalia, Pamphylia
This is the Lindgren plate coin.RP01779. Bronze AE 30, Lindgren 1093 (this coin), SNGvA 4640, BMC Lycia -, aF, large pit on lower obverse, weight 21.78 g, maximum diameter 29.8 mm, die axis 0o, Attalia mint, May 241 - 25 Feb 244 A.D.; obverse CABEI TPANTNKYΛΛΕINANT C or sim., diademed and draped bust right, crescent behind shoulders; reverse ATTAΛΕΩN, Athena standing facing, head left, leaning against shield with left hand; ex Lindgren Collection; SOLD
Tranquillina, Augusta 241 - 244 A.D., Wife of Gordian III, Attalia, Pamphylia
RP04924. Bronze Lindgren 1093 (this coin), SNGvA 4640, BMC Lycia -, SGICV -, gF, weight 10.34 g, maximum diameter 28.3 mm, die axis 180o, Attalia mint, May 241 - 25 Feb 244 A.D.; obverse CABEI TPANTNKYΛΛΕINANT C or sim., diademed and draped bust right, crescent behind shoulders; reverse ATTAΛΕΩN, Athena stg left, leaning against shield; SOLD
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